BUFFALO — If the NHL schedule maker didn’t do the Rangers any favors setting them up to play the Colorado Avalanche in the back end of a back-to-back Wednesday at the Garden, then someone tried to make it up to the Blueshirts by scheduling them to visit the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
And, 48 hours after their seven-winning streak was snapped by the high-flying Avalanche, the Rangers got back on the winning track with a 2-1 victory over the struggling Sabres in a half-empty KeyBank Center that sounded as if it had as many, or more, Ranger fans present.