Rangers at Sabres

RANGERS (1-4-1) at SABRES (3-3-1)

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
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Julien Gauthier
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Jack Johnson (groin)
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
Smith replaces Johnson, who is day to day. … Jokiharju will be out his second straight game; the defenseman remains day to day.