Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (9-10-2) at New York Rangers (15-3-1) – 27 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (9-10-2) at New York [](/r/rangers) Rangers (15-3-1)

#Madison Square Garden

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG, MSG-B|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020322) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020322/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020322/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020322/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|Casey Mittelstadt|Alex Tuch|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Artemi Panarin|Vincent Trocheck|Alexis Lafreniere|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Dylan Cozens|John Jason Peterka|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Will Cuylle|Nick Bonino|Kaapo Kakko|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Isak Rosen|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Jimmy Vesey|Barclay Goodrow|Tyler Pitlick|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jiri Kulich|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

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

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Igor Shesterkin|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Jonathan Quick|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|

[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)|Ben Harpur|20 Nov 2023|Pectoral|OUT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Filip Chytil|02 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|29 Nov 2023|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Adam Fox|02 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Not Specified|29 Nov 2023|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Maxim Barbashev|13 Oct 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Not Specified|01 Mar 2024|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Patrick Kane|19 Oct 2023|Hip|OUT|Surgery|01 Dec 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|25 Nov 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Samuelsson (upper body) won’t return to Saturday’s game versus the New Jersey Devils.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|25 Nov 2023|Personal|IR-NR|Greenway (personal) won’t be available for Buffalo’s next two games, starting with Saturday’s contest against the New Jersey Devils, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|30 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|24 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Girgensons was placed on injured reserve Saturday after suffering a lower-body injury Friday versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|02 Dec 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|14 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Thompson (upper body) was designated for injured reserve Friday, per the NHL media site.|02 Dec 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|27 Dec 2023|

[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)|19|15|3|1|31|0.816|3.42|2.32|30.00|85.71|29.53|29.11|54.94|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|21|9|10|2|20|0.476|2.81|3.33|16.39|84.93|27.81|30.38|44.98|

[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|11|11|8|3|0|0|2.45|0.916|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Jonathan Quick|8|7|6|0|1|2|1.99|0.930|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|10|8|5|3|1|1|2.71|0.914|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|9|8|3|4|1|0|3.73|0.876|

[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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