When Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin grabbed onto Kieffer Sherwood and earned a roughing penalty, however, the fans in attendance were rejuvenated. Shesterkin ultimately stopped 36 of the 39 shots he faced in his 24th win of the season.

Buffalo’s eight goals matched its season-high, previously reached Feb. 22 against the New York Rangers. Washington, which sits atop the Eastern Conference standings with 103 points, had not allowed more than five goals in a game this season.

The Rangers have repeatedly failed to help themselves. On a night when four teams within arm’s length of them in the Eastern Conference wild-card race were also playing, the Blueshirts seemed to have nothing in the tank in a 2-1 loss to the also-playoff-chasing Flames on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers flunked that requirement Tuesday. It was an appalling display, a disregard for the task at hand. The fans at the Garden let the boys in blue know exactly how they felt about it all when the final horn sounded, with boos raining down on the ice.

New York was outshot 39-12 and outplayed by Vancouver for most of the night but still somehow came away with a 5-3 victory.

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NEW YORK -- - Jonny Brodzinski scored his second goal of the game late in the third period and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves as the New York Rangers downed the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Saturday to ...

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