It’s the home stretch for the NY Rangers. They have two home games remaining before the playoffs start, and it’s just a matter of not getting hurt in these games. They don’t have the luxury of extra bodies, other than Ben Harpur, so they don’t have anyone taking the night off. They may rest Adam Fox on Thursday, given he didn’t skate this morning, but that remains to be seen.
Despite this being relatively meaningless for the Rangers, the Sabres have a lot to play for. They are six points back with two games in hand. So they need to win out and also get some help. The Rangers can essentially end their playoff hopes with a win today, as Buffalo really does need all eight points in this span. It’s rare that a team in the playoffs can play spoiler, so you know Buffalo will come at them with everything.
Sabres Lines
Jeff Skinner-Casey Middlestadt-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Tyson Jost-Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway-Dylan Cozens-Tage Thompson
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson-Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju
Riley Stillman-Ilya Lyubushkin
Devon Levi gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Patrick Kane
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Vladimir Tarasenko
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Tyler Motte-Barclay Goodrow-Jimmy Vesey
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Niko Mikkola-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Crazy Prediction:
Game time is 7pm.
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