NHL Game Preview: New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 12/11/2024

New York Rangers (14-12-1, 29 Pts) at Buffalo Sabres (11-13-4, 26 Pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Tonight – Wednesday, December 11
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: TNT, TruTV, Max
Radio:
New York – 880 AM ESPN
Buffalo – WGR 550 Sports Radio

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
New York -1.5 ML -118
Buffalo +1.5 ML -102
O/U 6

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New York Rangers News & Notes:

The Rangers have lost two in a row and three out of four games after a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night. New York has the league’s 13th-ranked power play and second-ranked penalty kill.

Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres have lost seven straight games and are 6-8-3 in home games this season. Buffalo beat the Rangers in the first meeting 6-1. The Sabres are coming off a 6-5 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.

New York Rangers Projected Lines

Panarin–Trocheck–Lafreniere

Kreider-Zibanejad-Smith

Cuylle-Chytil-Kakko

Edstrom-Carrick-Berard

Lindgren-Fox

Miller-Schneider

Jones-Mancini

Shesterkin

Quick

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Peterka-Thompson-Tuch

Benson-Krebs-Cozens

Greenway-McLeod-Zucker

Malenstyn-Kozak-Aube-Kubel

Johnson-Byram

Power-Jokiharju

Bryson-Clifton

Reimer

Luukkonen

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Buffalo Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

New York Rangers

Adam Fox has 22 assists for the Rangers. Artemi Panarin has scored five goals with five assists over the last ten games.

Buffalo Sabres

Jason Zucker has seven goals and 13 assists for the Sabres. Tage Thompson has six goals over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

New York Rangers

D Urho Vaakanainen – Day to day
LW Jimmy Vesey – Day to day

Buffalo Sabres

D Mattias Samuelsson – Week to week
D Rasmus Dahlin – Day to day
RW Sam Lafferty – Week to week

Next Game

New York Rangers – December 14 vs Los Angeles
Buffalo Sabres -December 14 at Washington

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