The Rangers travel to Buffalo for a pair of games against the lowly Sabres. Buffalo finally snapped their losing streak at 18 games, beating the Flyers handily last night. This is good news for the Rangers, who now can’t possibly be the team that has a let down game and hands Buffalo their first win in forever. The bad news is that this is still a trap game.
Buffalo is likely relieved their losing streak is over, but that doesn’t mean they are going to sit back and let the Rangers walk all over them. Given the recent trend for the Rangers to take a few periods off, that could come back to bite them against a team looking to start a different kind of streak.
The Rangers do need points to stay relevant in the race. Buffalo is a team they need to beat and get those “easy” two points.
Sabres Lines
Dylan Cozens-Victor Olofsson-Sam Reinhart-Kyle Okposo
Taylor Hall-Casey Middlestadt-Tage Thompson
Jeff Skinner-Curtis Lazar-Riley Sheahan
Tobias Rieder-Cody Eakin-Steven Fogarty
Jacob Bryson-Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin-Henri Jokiharju
Colin Miller-Brandon Montour
PP1: Hall-Olofsson-Reinhart-Middlestadt-Dahlin
PP2: Skinner-Okposo-Thompson-Miller-Ristolainen
Dustin Tokarski gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafreniere–Filip Chytil–Julien Gauthier
Phil Di Giuseppe-Kevin Rooney–Colin Blackwell
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek–Brendan Smith
PP1: Strome-Zibanejad-Panarin-Kreider-Fox
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Chytil-Lafreniere-Miller
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Jack Johnson (sports hernia), Brett Howden (COVID protocol)
Crazy Prediction: This isn’t a trap game.
Game time is 7pm.
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