Game Thread: New York Rangers (44-21-10) at Buffalo Sabres (35-31-7) – 31 Mar 2023 – 07:00PM EDT

#New York [](/r/rangers) Rangers (44-21-10) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (35-31-7)

#KeyBank Center

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|#In-Game Updates

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###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|Alex Tuch|[](/r/rangers)|Artemi Panarin|Mika Zibanejad|Vladimir Tarasenko|
|[](/r/sabres)|John Jason Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|[](/r/rangers)|Chris Kreider|Vincent Trocheck|Patrick Kane|
|[](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|[](/r/rangers)|Alexis Lafreniere|Filip Chytil|Kaapo Kakko|
|[](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[](/r/rangers)|Jimmy Vesey|Barclay Goodrow|Tyler Motte|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|[](/r/rangers)|Niko Mikkola|Adam Fox|
|[](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Ilya Lyubushkin|[](/r/rangers)|K’Andre Miller|Jacob Trouba|
|[](/r/sabres)|Riley Stillman|Jacob Bryson|[](/r/rangers)|Ben Harpur|Braden Schneider|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[](/r/rangers)|Jaroslav Halak|
|[](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[](/r/rangers)|Igor Shesterkin|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Craig Anderson|28 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Anderson is considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|27 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Thompson (upper body) will be a game-time decision Friday versus the New York Rangers.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|20 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Greenway (upper body) will be a game-time decision for Friday’s clash with the New York Rangers.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|12 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Samuelsson (upper body) will be a game-time decision Friday versus the New York Rangers.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ben Bishop||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Aug 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Ryan Lindgren|23 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Lindgren (upper body) will be a game-time decision Thursday, Vince Z. Mercogliano of USA Today reports.|unknown|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Sabres](/r/sabres)|73|35|31|7|77|52.7|3.56164|3.67123|24.2|72.8|32.16438|33.02739|45.1|
|[Rangers](/r/rangers)|75|44|21|10|98|65.3|3.33333|2.66666|22.9|80.4|31.65333|29.46666|48.6|

##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|NHLN, MSG-B, MSGSN|
|Listen|[NYR](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099913) – [BUF](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099917)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Rangers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021200) – [Boxscore](http://Rangers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021200) – [Recap](http://Rangers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021200)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021200) – [Boxscore](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021200) – [Recap](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021200)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021200)|

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