Rangers 5, Sabres 3

The good news is that we got the two points, and the Sabres left the building to chants of "Season's Over!" The bad news is that we played one of the worse overall games since we recently started playing good overall games. We played an unpleasant amount of time in our own end, and while we weren't necessarily losing puck battles along the boards, we certainly made a few too many bad defensive decisions, and once they were set up in our zone, we didn't press the issue and find our way back out nearly quick enough. Put another way, this effort would likely not have been enough to beat the Bruins, Predators, Flyers, or Canadiens in those games. But we played a solid game in terms of effort and standing up for each other, so we were the kind of team I like to see. I'd write more, but we're on again in 15 minutes, so I'm cutting this short.