Rangers Top Sabres, Now Wait to See if They'll Get Help Ryan Callahan's goal at 2 minutes 59 seconds of overtime gave the Rangers a 3-2 victory over Buffalo on Saturday night, and put General Manager Glen Sather in the position of dealing from strength before Monday's trade deadline. Callahan's winning goal gave the Rangers their first lead in three games, after losses to the Islanders and Penguins. Marian Gaborik and Carl Hagelin also scored for the Rangers, who got 18 saves from Henrik Lundqvist. Drew Stafford scored twice for the Sabres. Buffalo's best player, however, was goaltender Ryan Miller, who made 25 saves. On Feb. 1 in Buffalo, the teams failed to score a goal through 65 minutes of regulation and overtime before the Rangers won that game in a shootout. On Saturday, it took just 13:29 for the Sabres to open the scoring. After Tyler Ennis beat defenseman Marc Staal to a lob pass inside the Rangers" zone, Ennis centered the puck to Stafford, who sent a shot by Lundqvist without getting checked. After stopping all 14 Rangers shots in the first period, Miller allowed a soft goal by Hagelin to tie the score at 1-1 at 7:38 of the second period. Hagelin's attempt at a wrap-around shot caromed off Miller's stick, between the goalie's legs and into the goal. It was the 10th goal of the season for Hagelin, a first-year pro who did not make the Rangers out of training camp but has developed into a core player. The teams traded goals early in the third period. Stafford scored on the power play, 44 seconds into the period. Just under five minutes later, Gaborik tied the game at 2-2 by converting a pass off the rush by defenseman Michael Del Zotto. For Gaborik, who played in his 700th N.H.L. game Saturday, it was his 29th goal of the season.With their play the last week, the Rangers dispelled the notion that they could not benefit from the services of Rick Nash, the highly coveted Columbus forward who is expected to be traded by Monday's 3 p.m. deadline. On Saturday, Nash's agent, Joe Resnick, made a public push for a trade in the next two days. Nash has a no-move clause in his contract, which pays him an average of $7.8 million annually through the 2017-18 season. Resnick has given Blue Jackets General Manager Scott Howson a short list of teams to which Nash would approve a trade. The Rangers are believed to be on the list. Resnick told Bob McKenzie of TSN: "We're hopeful a deal can get done prior to the trade deadline that is fair and equitable for the Blue Jackets. However, if a deal is not reached, then the list of acceptable teams will not change at a later date. Depending on the cost - a successful bid would likely include one Rangers regular along with a prospect and a draft pick - the acquisition of Nash could turn Sather's team into a legitimate contender for the Stanley Cup. In a subpar season, playing on the league's worst team, Nash has 20 goals, which would place him behind only Gaborik and Callahan on the Rangers. Nash, 27, averaged 36 goals in his previous four seasons. Sather cleared more salary cap space for a potential Nash deal or other transaction by trading forward Wojtek Wolski to the Florida Panthers for defenseman Mike Vernace and a third-round draft pick in 2013. Vernace, 25, has played 22 games in the N.H.L. and 348 in the minors. Wolski, who played only three games after sustaining a groin injury in early November, had no goals and three assists in nine games this season, while carrying a salary cap hit of $3.8 million. He scored the game-tying goal with less than two minutes remaining in his first game with the Panthers on Saturday night in Carolina. Sather now has more than $10 million of cap space before the trade deadline. On his shopping list is a veteran defenseman and the option of either a second-tier goal scorer or Nash - the ultimate prize for some team by Monday. Slap Shots The Rangers could have paved the way for Sean Avery to play for another N.H.L. team, but decided not to place him on re-entry waivers. Avery, currently with the minor league affiliate in Connecticut, will likely remain Rangers property the rest of the season.