The Rangers are back at it tonight, with the Buffalo Sabres coming to town. Alex Tuch was rumored to be on the Rangers’ radar at the deadline, but it doesn’t seem like that will happen now that the Rangers are not only bad, but without their two best players for the foreseeable future. Life without both Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin begins today, and the Rangers have a bunch of games in a short span before the Olympic break.
Buffalo is red hot right now and have climbed into a playoff position based on points percentage. This is no longer a team the Rangers should beat. They are a team that should beat the Rangers.
Rangers lines
Artemi Panarin-Mike Zibanejad-Will Cuylle
JT Miller-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Gabe Perreault-Jonny Brodzinski-Taylor Raddysh
Anton Blidh-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe
Vlad Gavrikov-Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy-Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson-Scott Morrow
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Sabres lines
Peyton Krebs-Tage Thompson-Josh Doan
Jason Zucker-Josh Norris-Alex Tuch
Zach Benson-Ryan McLeod-Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway-Noah Ostlund-Beck Malenstyn
Rasmus Dahlin-Owen Power
Bowen Byram-Mattias Samuelsson
Jacob Bryson-Zach Metsa
Colten Ellis gets the start.
Game time is 7pm.