Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (14-17-3) at New York Rangers (22-8-1) – 23 Dec 2023 – 7:30PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (14-17-3) at New York [](/r/rangers) Rangers (22-8-1)

#Madison Square Garden

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:30PM|5:30PM|6:30PM|7:30PM|8:30PM|12:30AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG, MSG-B|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020522) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020522/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020522/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020522/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Chris Kreider|Mika Zibanejad|Blake Wheeler|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Artemi Panarin|Vincent Trocheck|Alexis Lafrenière|[BUF](/r/sabres)|JJ Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Will Cuylle|Nick Bonino|Jonny Brodzinski|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Zach Benson|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Jimmy Vesey|Barclay Goodrow|Tyler Pitlick|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Ryan Lindgren|Adam Fox|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|K’Andre Miller|Jacob Trouba|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Connor Clifton|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Erik Gustafsson|Braden Schneider|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Henri Jokiharju|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Igor Shesterkin|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Jonathan Quick|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-york-rangers/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Kaapo Kakko|27 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Per Vince Z. Mercogliano of USA Today, coach Peter Laviolette said Friday that Kakko (lower body) has skated on his own three or four times recently.|27 Dec 2023|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Ben Harpur|20 Nov 2023|Pectoral|OUT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Filip Chytil|02 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Not Specified|02 Jan 2024|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Maxim Barbashev|13 Oct 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Not Specified|01 Mar 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|24 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Girgensons (lower body) may still be available before the upcoming Christmas break, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports Tuesday.|unknown|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/new-york-rangers/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[NYR](/r/rangers)|31|22|8|1|45|0.726|3.32|2.74|31.31|85.57|30.84|29.71|54.85|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|34|14|17|3|31|0.456|3.03|3.41|14.29|80.37|30.21|29.68|45.90|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Igor Shesterkin|19|19|12|7|0|0|2.86|0.906|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Jonathan Quick|12|11|9|1|1|2|2.27|0.920|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|16|13|6|8|1|1|3.17|0.893|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|15|14|7|4|2|0|3.25|0.892|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=3 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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