‘The first negative of the night was the Sabres extremely sluggish start to the contest. Buffalo looked completely outmatched out of the gates, with the Rangers dominating in every area of the game in the opening minutes. Alexis Lafreniere eventually opened the scoring, tapping home a loose puck that squirted past Sabres goalie Alex Lyon at the 11:43 mark of the first period. Vincent Trochek and Artemi Panarin picked up the assists on Lafreniere’s first of the season.’