The Day

Sabres 4, Bruins 1

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Red Wings 3, Rangers 2

Trevor Daley scored on a tip-in with 5.6 seconds showing on the clock in overtime to lift Detroit to a victory over the rebuilding New York Rangers on Sunday night.

Andreas Athanasiou and Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard stopped 36 shots. Detroit improved to 5-3-2 in its last 10 games and pulled into a tie with Florida five points behind Columbus for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

J.T. Miller and Jesper Fast scored for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves.

New York lost its seventh straight, hours after trading star forward Rick Nash to Boston for three players and two draft picks. It also was the Rangers' first game since trading speedy forward Michael Grabner to New Jersey on Friday night.

Ryan Spooner, one of the players acquired from the Bruins, had two assists in his debut for the Rangers, who are 0-6-1 in their last seven and have just three wins in the last 17 games (3-13-1). Benoit Pouliot and Kyle Okposo scored on consecutiv­e shots in the first period and Buffalo beat retooled Boston in forward Rick Nash's Bruins debut.

Evan Rodrigues and Marco Scandella also scored, and Chad Johnson stopped 34 shots. The Sabres snapped an 0-5-2 home skid against the Bruins. Buffalo had not defeated Boston at home since a 5-4 overtime win Feb. 26, 2014.

Charlie McAvoy scored for the Bruins, who were coming off a 4-3 loss at Toronto on Saturday night. Boston had gone 22-4-3 since last losing consecutiv­e games Dec. 14-16. Anton Khudobin was not sharp in goal, allowing four goals on 24 shots, including being beaten through the legs on Scandella's goal from the right boards that put Buffalo up 4-1 in the opening minutes of the third period.

Nash's addition failed to provide Boston a lift against the Eastern Conference's last-place team. The Bruins squandered an opportunit­y to jump into second place in the Atlantic Division standings, a point ahead of the idle Maple Leafs.

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