Rangers at Sabres

RANGERS (16-15-4) at SABRES (7-23-5)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Kevin Rooney -- Colin Blackwell
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Brendan Smith
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: None
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Brett Howden
Sabres projected lineup
Victor Olofsson -- Riley Sheahan -- Sam Reinhart
Taylor Hall -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Tage Thompson
Jeff Skinner -- Rasmus Asplund -- Kyle Okposo
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Steven Fogarty
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Brandon Montour -- Colin Miller
Dustin Tokarski
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Matt Irwin
Injured:Curtis Lazar (lower body), Dylan Cozens (upper body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Jack Eichel (upper body), Will Borgen (forearm)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Howden, a center, will undergo cardiac screening Thursday but did not travel to Buffalo. … Lazar, a forward, is week to week after being injured in a 6-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. … Asplund will return after missing four games with an upper-body injury.