Projected Lineups for Rangers vs Sabres – 12/11/24

The New York Rangers take on the Buffalo Sabres tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RANGERS (14-12-1) AT SABRES (11-13-4)

7 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — Filip Chytil — Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Brett Berard

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Braden Schneider
Zac Jones — Victor Mancini

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Connor Mackey, Jonny Brodzinski, Jimmy Vesey

Injured: Urho Vaakanainen (upper body)

Status report

• The Rangers are not expected to make any lineup changes after a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. 
• Vaakanainen, a defenseman, continued to skate in a noncontact jersey.

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Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Jiri Kulich — Dylan Cozens
Jordan Greenway — Ryan McLeod — Jason Zucker
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Ryan Johnson — Bowen Byram
Owen Power — Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson — Connor Clifton

James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Jack Quinn, Dennis Gilbert, Jacob Bryson

Injured: Rasmus Dahlin (back spasms), Sam Lafferty (lower body)

Status report

• The Sabres did not hold a morning skate. 
• Samuelsson is expected to return after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury. 
• Bryson could be scratched with Samuelsson’s return. The defenseman has played 17 straight games since being scratched for the first 11 of the season.

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