The Rangers begin life without Filip Chytil tonight in Buffalo against the surprising Sabres. As Rob pointed out, the Sabres are no pushover. They are one of the better teams in regards to underlying metrics. They also have some good top-six skill. They aren’t a *good* team, but this is a potential trap game for the Rangers.
The Rangers lines are unclear at the writing of this post, but it is assumed that Brett Howden will move up to the third line in place of Chytil. Brendan Lemieux will get back in the lineup, and Colin Blackwell will shift to center.
Sabres Lines
Taylor Hall-Jack Eichel-Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson-Eric Staal-Dylan Cozens
Tobias Rieder-Cody Eakin-Kyle Okposo
Jeff Skinner-Curtis Lazar-Riley Sheahan
Jake McCabe-Rasmus Ristolainen
Matt Irwin-Brandon Montour
Rasmus Dahlin-Colin Miller
PP1: Hall-Eichel-Olofsson-Reinhart-Dahlin
PP2: Skinner-Staal-Cozens-Okposo Ristolainen
Linus Ullmark gets the start.
Rangers Lines (projected)
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Phil Di Giuseppe
Alexis Lafreniere–Brett Howden–Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Lemieux–Kevin Rooney-Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren–Jacob Trouba
K’Andre Miller-Adam Fox
Jack Johnson–Tony DeAngelo
PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Strome-Kreider-Fox
PP2: Lafreniere-Buchnevich-Howden-Trouba-DeAngelo
PK Forwards: Kreider, Strome, Howden, Zibanejad
PK Defense: Trouba, Johnson, Lindgren, Fox
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Filip Chytil (upper body), Brendan Smith (healthy), Julien Gauthier (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Kakko gets a hat trick.
Game time is 7pm.
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