Rangers at Sabres

RANGERS (1-3-1) at SABRES (2-3-1)

Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Chris Kreider
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Pavel Buchnevich
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Brett Howden -- Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Lemieux -- Kevin Rooney --
Colin Blackwell
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Brendan Smith -- Tony DeAngelo
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Jack Johnson
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body)
Sabres projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Dylan Cozens
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan
Jake McCabe -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Matt Irwin -- Brandon Montour
Linus Ullmark
Carter Hutton
Scratched: Tage Thompson
Injured: Henri Jokiharju (undisclosed)
Status report
Chytil will be out 4-6 weeks with an upper-body injury after he was injured in a collision with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues on Jan. 24. … Jokiharju did not take part in morning skate; the defenseman is day to day. … Hutton skated with the Sabres for the first time since being injured against the Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 19.