Rangers at Sabres

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

RANGERS (17-15-4) at SABRES (7-23-6)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil --
Vitali Kravtsov
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: Brett Howden, Julien Gauthier
Injured: None
Sabres projected lineup
Victor Olofsson -- Sam Reinhart -- Kyle Okposo
Taylor Hall -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Tage Thompson
Jeff Skinner -- Riley Sheahan -- Rasmus Asplund
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Steven Fogarty
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Brandon Montour -- Colin Miller
Linus Ullmark
Dustin Tokarski
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
The Rangers did not hold a morning skate Saturday. … Kravtsov will make his NHL debut. ... Howden, a center, was removed from COVID-19 protocol Friday. ... Okposo did not participate in the Sabres' morning skate but will play.

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