Foligno Leads Sabres Past Rangers 3-1

Marcus Foligno scored twice and Jhonas Enroth came up with 32 saves, lifting the Sabres (10-14-3, 23 pts.) to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers. The win snapped a four-game winless streak for Buffalo. Foligno's goals marked the first time he found the net since a January 27th loss at Washington. Enroth picked up his first victory since November 26th, 2011 against the Capitals.

After a scoreless opening period, Derek Stepan got the Rangers on the board first, stuffing home a shorthanded chance. It highlighted yet another uninspired Sabres' power play, one that also saw the team get called for icing. Stepan connected on a Ryan Callahan pass from behind the net to give New York the 1-0 lead. It would only remain that way for just 1:18, thanks to Foligno's second goal of the season. Camped out to the left of Lundqvist, Foligno jammed a loose puck under the goaltender's pad to make it a 1-1 game.

Later in the second period, Jason Pominville banked a perfect long pass off the boards right onto the stick of Thomas Vanek. With no one standing between him and Lundqvist, Vanek finished off a clean-cut breakaway, roofing a shot past the Rangers netminder to put Buffalo ahead 2-1.

Foligno made it a 3-1 game with his second goal of the evening at 11:48 of the final period. Again parked to the left of Lundqvist, Foligno poked home an Andrej Sekera rebound to give Buffalo a two-goal cushion with a little over eight minutes remaining. The Sabres were able to hang on for the victory, thanks in part to 18 third-period saves by Enroth, their first since a March 2nd win over New Jersey.

The Sabres are now off until Saturday afternoon when they host the Ottawa Senators at 3 p.m. Hear the call on WGR 550 and the Buffalo Sabres Radio Network with Rick Jeanneret and Rob Ray.

1st Period
Goals
None

Penalties
None

2nd Period
Goals
4:17 - NYR - Derek Stepan (SHG) (7) (Ryan Callahan)
5:35 - BUF - Marcus Foligno (2) (Christian Ehrhoff, Andrej Sekera)
12:40 - BUF - Thomas Vanek (14) (Jason Pominville, Cody Hodgson)

Penalties
2:30 - NYR - Darroll Powe (2 min., tripping)
9:50 - NYR - Jeff Halpern (2 min., slashing)
14:07 - NYR - Matt Gilroy (2 min., tripping)
16:43 - NYR - Dan Girardi (2 min., tripping)

3rd Period
Goals
11:48 - BUF - Marcus Foligno (3) (Andrej Sekera, Brian Flynn)

Penalties
6:36 - NYR - Carl Hagelin (2 min., high-sticking)
8:50 - BUF - Jochen Hecht (2 min., holding)

Goaltending
NYR - Henrik Lundqvist (19 saves, 22 shots)
BUF - Jhonas Enroth (32 saves, 33 shots)

Power Plays
NYR - 0 of 1
BUF - 0 of 5

Three Stars
1.) BUF - Marcus Foligno (2 G, 0 A)
2.) BUF - Jhonas Enroth (32 saves)
3.) BUF - Andrej Sekera (0 G, 2 A)