Amid a turbulent stretch for the New York Rangers that saw the franchise part ways with team captain Jacob Trouba on Friday, Mika Zibanejad delivered after being the target of critics recently. The forward’s first-period power-play goal—the 300th of his NHL career—helped the Rangers secure a narrow 3–2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.

In a battle of teams struggling mightily in the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers outlasted the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday night, defeating their cross-divisional foes 3-2. Mika Zibanejad was a catalyst for the Blueshirts,

Mika Zibanejad’s 300th NHL goal, a power-play effort in the first period, got the Rangers started, and Reilly Smith’s third goal in four games looked like it would be an insurance goal, until Owen Power, who’d had a rough game, scored to get Buffalo on the board at 15:09 of the third.