Let’s try this again, okay? The Rangers travel to Buffalo tonight in an attempt to score their first goal of the season following Tuesday night’s game against the Penguins. The Rangers played well defensively, but were able to generate everything offensively. With only one major chance of danger on Tuesday night, the only way is up. It’s hard to imagine the Rangers generating just one high-danger opportunity against Buffalo, but crazier things have happened.
Buffalo should be improved and they have a pretty strong blue line, even with their prized asset in the JJ Peterka trade (Michael Kesselring) sitting out with an injury. Buffalo doesn’t lack puck movers on the blue line, something the Rangers desperately need. Once Adam Fox leaves the ice, the Rangers will no longer have anyone who can consistently move the puck. Look for Buffalo to take advantage of that, and look for the Rangers to provide more support on low breakouts to address it.
Rangers lines
Will cuyllejt miller-mika zibanejad
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheany-Nu Laba-Taylor
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Carson Soucy-Will Borgen
Urho Veelanainen-Braden Schneider
PP1: FOX, PANARIN, TROCK CHECK, ZIBANEJAD, MILLER
PP2: Schneider, Sheary, Cuylle, Lafreniere, Rempe
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Sabers lines
Zach Benson-Josh Nooris-Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker-Jiri Kulich-Alex Tuch
Jack Quinn-Ryan McLeod-Josh Doan
Beck Malenstyn-Peyton Krebs-Justin Danforth
Bowen Byram Rasmus Dahlin
Mattias Samuelsson-Conor Timmins
Ryan Johnson-Owen Power
Alex Lyon gets the start.
Game time is 7:00 PM.
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