#New York [](/r/rangers) Rangers (36-19-9) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (32-28-4)
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#In-Game Updates
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##Time
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|02:00PM|03:00PM|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:
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|TV|MSG-B, MSGSN|
|Listen|[NYR](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099913) – [BUF](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099917)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Rangers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021040) – [Boxscore](http://Rangers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021040) – [Recap](http://Rangers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021040)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021040) – [Boxscore](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021040) – [Recap](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021040)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021040)|
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###[](/r/rangers) LGR! [](/r/rangers)
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###Projected Lineups
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|[](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Jordan Greenway|[](/r/rangers)|Chris Kreider|Mika Zibanejad|Vladimir Tarasenko|
|[](/r/sabres)|John Jason Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|[](/r/rangers)|Artemi Panarin|Vincent Trocheck|Patrick Kane|
|[](/r/sabres)|Casey Mittelstadt|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|[](/r/rangers)|Alexis Lafreniere|Filip Chytil|Kaapo Kakko|
|[](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[](/r/rangers)|Jimmy Vesey|Barclay Goodrow|Tyler Motte|
||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[](/r/rangers)|K’Andre Miller|Jacob Trouba|
|[](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[](/r/rangers)|Niko Mikkola|Adam Fox|
|[](/r/sabres)|Riley Stillman|Ilya Lyubushkin|[](/r/rangers)|Ben Harpur|Braden Schneider|
||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[](/r/rangers)|Igor Shesterkin|
|[](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|[](/r/rangers)|Jaroslav Halak|
###Injuries
||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Alex Tuch|25 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Tuch is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ben Bishop||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Aug 2023|
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|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Tyler Motte|02 Mar 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Motte (upper body) will not play Thursday in Montreal, Mollie Walker of the New York Post reports.|unknown|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Ryan Lindgren|25 Feb 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Lindgren (upper body) is practicing in a regular jersey Friday, Mollie Walker of the New York Post reports.|unknown|
Please play decent defensively today that is all
The Sabres really need this one I hope the Rangers are prepared
Rangers fans always seem to overtake the crowd in Buffalo but with the Sabres’s resurgence I feel like the crowd might be a bit contentious
I miss when the sabres were shit
Buffalo’s gonna come out strong after giving up 10 to Dallas I imagine.
Tighten up defense please
I’d like to see the Rangers place the black sliding object into the opposing teams net more times than opposing team places the black sliding object into the Ranger’s net
Who else is in buffalo for the game
I’m honestly relieved that Lindy isn’t being rushed back. Would be perfectly fine not seeing him until Thursday against the pens to ensure he’s 100%. Need him full go for start of playoffs.
I live in Buffalo and of course this is the one weekend this year I have to be in NYC for work.
I haven’t been able to watch in a while. I know Laf has been playing well but what about Chytil and Kakko?
They need to play like a playoff team today. Thursday was a fucking embarrassing win against an AHL team. I want domination.
Looking for an 11-10 win. Kane gets on track with 7 goals and 9 assists.
This is a scary game for us.
Buffalo has their best goalie in tonight I assume so the fear for the past few weeks of getting goalied is big. They got an annoyingly good offense. Their defense is weak, but if we don’t absolutely dominate in terms of positioning for getting off shots, or if they get comfortable in our zone, it looks bad.
Can we get these threads posted closer to game time? Gets hard to find it sometimes
Please just switch kane and senko. We cant have a full second line of passers, we need a shoot first mentality on that line. Unless panarin wants to be a shoot first guy like he was in the first half of his career, we cant keep him and kane together
give me lindgren or give me death
Looks like Motte is back. Let it be known across the league that you don’t toss with the sauce
I know Buffalo is kinda frisky but can we please just have a clean, dominant, get-right game with Igor in net?
Feels like it’s been weeks since we’ve gotten that.
Going to the game! First actual NHL game. So FUCKING EXCITED!! LFGR!!!!
The New York High School Hockey Championships are at the rink right across the street in case folks want some more hockey up there this weekend.
Not gonna lie, I’m a little worried about this game after Buffalo gave up 10 to Dallas the other night. And then there’s this from [Vince](https://twitter.com/vzmercogliano/status/1634646643780845568?t=FHojfldIycVKglvYIiRo6w&s=19):
Gallant noted that Buffalo is “the No. 1 rush team in the league.” That makes this an interesting test for a NYR team that’s been plagued by turnovers that fuel the opposing team’s rush.
“If you don’t do a good job defensively against them, they’ll make you pay.”
Take me to the promise land Kaner, first goal with a profit boost +2300 🔥
Rangers at 5 and NYCFC at 7:30. I need wins all around. Let’s do this!
This pregame crowd looking like a home game
Gotta get the win!