The Rangers are in Buffalo tonight looking to potentially spoil the Sabres’ playoff hopes. Buffalo sits two spots and four points out of a playoff spot and may look to add at the deadline to push those playoff dreams. The Rangers are holding on to the spoiler role as long as their UFAs are still around and not being shipped off.
The Blueshirts are basically a one-line team and a goalie right now. If that top line scores a bunch and whichever goalie makes some key saves, they win games. It’s not the best approach, but at least we’ve seen the awakening of Mika Zibanejad.
Sabres Lines
Jeff Skinner-Jack Eichel-Jason Pominville
Conor Sheary-Evan Rodrigues-Sam Reinhart
CJ Smith-Vlad Sobotka-Tage Thompson
Kyle Okposo-Johan Larsson-Zemgus Girgensons
Marco Scandella-Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin-Zach Bogosian
Jake McCabe-Lawrence Pilut
PP1: Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart-Ristolainen-Dahlin
PP2: Sheary-Rodrigues-Okposo-Pominville-Pilut
Linus Ullmark gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey–Kevin Hayes–Pavel Buchnevich
Vlad Namestnikov–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Brett Howden–Boo Nieves–Connor Brickley
Brady Skjei–Adam McQuaid
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith-Kevin Shattenkirk
PP1: Zibanejad-Kreider-Zuccarello-Strome-Namestnikov
PP2: Buchnevich-Chytil-Hayes-Pionk-Shattenkirk
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Fredrik Claesson (shoulder), Filip Chytil (healthy), Tony DeAngelo (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: A shutout for Hank.
Game time is 7pm.
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