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Just another must win game for the Rangers

By Steve Paulus

Apr 25, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers stops a shot in the first period against the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden on April 25, 2021 in New York City. Mandatory Credit: Elsa/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 25, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers stops a shot in the first period against the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden on April 25, 2021 in New York City. Mandatory Credit: Elsa/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 25, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Jeff Skinner #53 of the Buffalo Sabres is congratulated by teammates Sam Reinhart #23,Victor Olofsson #68 and Colin Miller #33 after he scored in the first period against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on April 25, 2021 in New York City. Mandatory Credit: Elsa/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 25, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Jeff Skinner #53 of the Buffalo Sabres is congratulated by teammates Sam Reinhart #23,Victor Olofsson #68 and Colin Miller #33 after he scored in the first period against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on April 25, 2021 in New York City. Mandatory Credit: Elsa/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports /

About the Sabres

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is going to be the  starting goalie for Buffalo, making his second career start after beating the Bruins 6-4 in his NHL debut last week. He’s a 22-year-old from Finland who was drafted in the second round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.  He stopped 36 of 40 shots in beating Boston.

Believe it or not, despite the recent woes for the Sabres, they have an all-time winning record against the Rangers of  85-70-37.

Projected lineup

53 Jeff Skinner- 23 Sam Reinhart – 68 Victor Olofsson
74 Rasmus Asplund – 37 Casey Mittelstadt – 72 Tage Thompson
96 Anders Bjork – 24 Dylan Cozens – 25 Arttu Ruotsalainen
13 Tobias Reider – 38 Riley Sheahan – 91 Drake Caggiula

54 Mattias Samuelsson – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
26 Rasmus Dahlin – 10 Henri Jokiharju
78 Jacob Bryson – 3 William Borgen

1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
31 Dustin Tokarski

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