Photo: Newsday

Photo: Newsday

Tonight the lowly Sabres are in town, one game removed from dealing their best player to the Islanders. Buffalo is without John Scott tonight, so that’s one less goon to worry about. This is a very bad Sabres team, and the Rangers should really be looking to build off their strong win on Tuesday against the Isles. Did I mention how this is not a good Buffalo team yet?

Buffalo is a tough team to figure out. In fact, aside from their constant attempts to take out the opposition’s best player, we haven’t really been able to pinpoint a specific forechecking system. Same goes for the defensive zone system. (All jokes aside, they run a crappy 2-1-2 and a low zone collapse). On special teams, the Sabres run an umbrella powerplay and a hybrid penalty kill.

Rangers Lineup (unconfirmed):

Chris KreiderDerek StepanBrad Richards
Benoit Pouliot-Derick Brassard-J.T. Miller
Carl Hagelin-TBD-Mats-Zuccarello
Taylor Pyatt-Brian Boyle-Derek Dorsett

Ryan McDonaghDan Girardi
Marc StaalAnton Stralman
Michael Del Zotto-John Moore

Henrik Lundqvist gets the start

PP1: Del Zotto-Richards, Kreider-Stepan-Brassard
PP2: McDonagh-J. Moore, Pouliot-Miller-Boyle

Scratches:  Rick Nash (concussion), Ryan Callahan (thumb), Dominic Moore (oblique), Justin Falk (healthy)

Game time is 7pm tonight. Don’t forget to check out our Rangers Tickets link for deals to attend games.

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