NY Rangers (14-12-1) vs Buffalo Sabres (11-13-4)
• 11 Dec 2024 19:00 EST
• MSG
• TV: TNT, truTV, MAX •
…LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY…
- WHAT…Heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations 8 to 20 inches in the most persistent lake snows. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph will produce considerable blowing and drifting snow.
- WHERE…Northern Erie and Genesee Counties. The heaviest snow is expected just south of Buffalo and across far southern Genesee County.
The reeling NY Rangers were probably hoping that storm came in earlier today so the game would be postponed until late April, if necessary. NYR enter this tilt 2-8-0 in their last 10 while BUF comes in 3-4-3 with wins against SJS, ANA, LAK and OTLs against DET, WPG and VAN. Unlikely also that the Rangers won’t make it back to NYC for the game Saturday afternoon against the LA Kings. If any boneheads are at the game tonight, please get home safely and make sure you fill up the Sno-Cat before leaving home!
Panarin enters the match with 8 points (3G, 5A) in his last five games and besides Cuylle, who continues to motor along, is the hottest thing the Rangers have. Thompson comes in with 4G and Zuker 4A in their last five games for the Sabres.
Line up changes tonight: none besides your wishful thoughts. Newcomer Vaakanainen continues to skate at practice in a non-contact jersey. Reimer (3.58 GAA and 0.879 SV%) is expected in net for the Sabres tonight. He’s had a tough season so far but looks to start his Vezina run tonight. Samuelsson is expected to return from IR while Dahlin and Lafferty remain out. Buffalo is pretty middle of the pack in most areas but are almost rock bottom on the PP.
The zebras tonight are Brian Pochmara (11178 GP) and Corey Syvret (330 GP). One has hair, the other does not, but both are somewhat loose with their whistle. Pochmara tends to call the visitors more than the hosts.
Keys to a Ranger victory tonight: Score more goals than Buffalo. At this point, it matters not how that happens or how bad their defense is so long as they stop the skid.
On this date in history: In 1973, former NYR GM Glen Sather had a goal and four assists in a 7-3 STL win over TOR. However, this is also a dark day in NHL history, in 1992 Bary Bettman became the first, and so far only, NHL commissioner. Boooooooooo!
Probable NYR lineup
Forwards
1st line ⊳ Panarin ⋄ Trocheck ⋄ Lafrenière
2nd line ⊳ Kreider ⋄ Zibanejad ⋄ Smith
3rd line ⊳ Cuylle ⋄ Chytil ⋄ Kakko
4th line ⊳ Edström ⋄ Carrick ⋄ Berard
Defensemen
1st pair ⊳ Lindgren ⋄ Fox
2nd pair ⊳ Miller ⋄ Schneider
3rd pair ⊳ Jones ⋄ Mancini
Goalies
Starter ⊳ Shesterkin
Backup ⊳ Quick
Healthy scratch: D Mackey F Vesey F Brodzinski
Injured: Vaakanainen (upper body)
In the Cooler: none
Long-term IR: none
162 responses to “It’s Go Time!”
from colin
Igor Shesterkin leads the #NYR onto the KeyBank Center ice for warmups. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen leads BUF out.
bummer for nyr. Guess they don’t want to chance blowing 2 pts
My question is where are the Rangers going? They sure seem lost.
Mika first shift; loses puck battle on the wall, takes a penalty and opponent still gets shot off after he trips him.
Let’s Go Rangers!
early start to game. like 7:03
due to weather alert later in night? or does buff do that all the time
Laffy gotta shoot there
or nba stuff at 9:30
LGR!
We’re playing against a team that’s lost their last 7 consecutive games? That usually works out well for this team.
Chytil going to the net with a nice effort
great play by Flip
pretty sure they always go of 7 sharp
LGR! and here we are against better judgement, watching another game 🙂
Beezle-Key to victory is to score more goals than the Buffalo ..😂🤣
thanks for the laugh before we all cry
Yay.
Mika, give us a smile!
eureka
There you go, Mika!
Merry Christmas Meeka!
Woot, per Gravy
It’s keystone cops defense time
when was shestys last shutout?
K’AM with a nice play
Carrick cares.
Carrick leading by example. Went to the net for the second straight game.
They should argue for the time back because of the laaaate icing whistle
Sam the man drawsd the penalty
K’AM breaks up the rush a the blue line
and another clear right after that
Good sstick
Second unit 🤮
2nd unit not ready for prime time.
K’Andre learning, or just an aberration?
So far, so far. One goal isn’t enough for these guys.
swell period?
Best period in 2 months
Schneider with the huuuuge giveaway just before the buzzer. That’s something you don’t see very often. Unless K’andre is wearing Schneider’s jersey.
Ceat ill could be a star if he puts a couple positives together and leaves a couple neggies behind
Cheat ill
That giveaway was Trouba-esque.
survived leg day without wanting to puke even though nyr audio playing 😁
That was a hard working period. Something to build off. One step at a time.
Pretty cool how Michael Peca repurposed an old picnic blanket into a dress shirt
can we get Greenway?? He just blasted KAM
Esa-Pekka Salonen in net definitely has been a beneficiary of some poor shot selection and execution by the rangers, but that was just a steal
Sabres turned up the hitting there
Laffy with the sneaky stick to prevent a high danger chance
opponents have renamed the blue line the go line when playing nyr
rare miss for coolio
Rangers’ kryptonite!
LG power players!
Cuylley could be a very discent captain material…Just saying.
4th line has been excellent
Berard with some great stuff that shift
way too early. too much pressure on him at this age. seems pretty soft spoken as well
Why do the board advertisements that they choose not to show, for whatever reason, look like someone took a big gray crayon and scribbled over them?
Obviously they could mask them cleanly or omit them if the chose to. Is it their way of saying “Your advertisement here”?
So, does the rubber hit the road or the chit hit the fan?
The Norwegian cruise was cancelled.
Biznasty is like a 7 year old. He is around the Greatest pure hockey player ever and almost being disrespectful or at bare minimum being a tool
What? loI I’ll need to think about that one for a bit
If Lindy was Bugs Bunny he would have just set himself up for a nice shot from the point.
Maybe Gretzky sent the golfers after him 🤣
What is clearly different about this game compared to pretty much all the others this season is there is a group of Rangers together after every stoppage, especially in front of our net.
WHAT TF IS GOING ON HERE??!! WORST “POWER” PLAY THEY’VE HAD ALL SEASON.
Shooting into the block 10 feet from the blue line… no very smart
How tf do you give up THREE odd-man rushes against on your own friggin power play opportunity??!!
Sour Play
That was only one of the trillion brain farts they had in those two minutes.
Are the Rangers D allowed to hit?
It looks like are working on losing this one. They have done nada in the third.
Kreider stumbling …if it’s his back rest hin
Rangers will let one up when the Sabs pull their goalie. Loss in OT to follow. Book it.
I wonder if that Greenway hit might have caught up with K’AM.
The Sabres interference is constant, picks now allowd in Hockey
Miller getting his purse adjusted
skill and many hours of practice!
Buffalo has missed the net 17 times and we didn’t trade Trouba there? That’s pretty bad.
miller bubble wrapped?
Jones/Fox pairing is very intimidating
Lindgren been on wrong end of a few of those interference non-calls
Rangers just need a good 10 minutes.
Great. So we’ve lost our best faceoff guy for half of the rest of the game. Sometimes you’ve gotta just take a number and get him later.
The Sabres picked up their intensity and the Rangers can’t match it?
That Bill banging on the glass hits it harder than any of our soy boys do.
Do you bubble wrap between the 2nd and 3rd?
if he had 2 good periods, maybe?
Only if you are a miniature horse
Dirty reverse head hit on 16
yeah but he’s slow on his skates
Rangers zone is giveaway central
Sabres have owned the third. That is a recent pattern for the Rangers.
We have three shots this period to nine for buffalo. They’re playing no offense and just giving the puck back to Buffalo like they don’t want it.
And just as I mention that….
Once again, Carrick makes the play
Sammy Carrick again
Right time right place goal.
Been a long time since they got a greasy goal like that one
Wootx2, per Gravy
Good work by Carrick and Smitty around the net for the goal.
Now play some dang D
Lindy has Sabres playing picks & interference. Amazing how many Rangers have been dumped on the ice long after the is gone from the area
Troubs -2 vs Sens
Possible SO for Shesty finally?
all 3 forwards with skates in blue paint for that ugly goal
good bounce, good bounce. they deserved it.
Leave it to the rangers…
NO!
The obligatory Chinese Fireplace
wow that was a rifle of a shot
Here we go
Rangers NEVER go for the guy who has the puck and goes right up the middle. It finally bit them in this one.
Shades of Seattle….
They have checked out of every third period recently. Conditioning or lack of heart?
How many minutes since?
Not only can Sabres bowl over Igor, but so ca the ref
Well that didn’t take long
63 days since the Rangers played even decent defense in front of Shesterkin…. I mean Shesterkin’s last shutout.
Being outshot 12 to friggin 4. This is going well. Smfh
Carrick is a more than adequate replacement for Goodrow at a third of the cost.
More insane turnovers that critical mass in hydrogen bomb…
K’ream puff done for night
Buffalo is doing in the third period what the Rangers haven’t done all season.
“We’re down by one? We took three shots. We tried all we could.”
They lose every 50/50 puck.
Lindy Maloney
I really hate seeing goalies pulled with more than two minutes left
FOXY!! WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
Aboot time
quick trade fox now that he scored a goal
Fox Finally!!
Just like Jon Chik of locked on NYR podcast
That is in no way, icing. He intentionally took the wrong path to the net, right in front of the ref.
Rangers scored on their last two shots on goal.
Jesus Horatio Christ
Lav should have taken time out before that goal
They are awful. What will happen when they play a good team?
Take 2 & run fast
Couldn’t make it a good win though. This is a post-game tape burn.
3 stars – Henry Fonda Clark Gable and Gary Cooper
We got lucky. We played a team that is just slightly worse than us.
That got way too interesting in the last 5 minutes.
They escaped with the win. Some aspects better but defense is still doodoo
To me that was like one of those early season wins where they didn’t play that well but got the points
Buffalo is going to be a good team new few years i think . Powers is a big, talented defenseman with some snarl.they have some talent that i’d love to have on the Rangers
Delayed woot #3, per Gravy
*in the next few years
ugly but better
The funniest thing about this game is Foxy’s empty net first goal of the season was the winner.
No post-game. Thanks, Bettman.
Love how the whole team,including the goalie gave Fox a group hug after goal. THey still looked and played like crap. Will Cullye should have know his 2 d men were gassed and he should not have iced the puck. OH well. Here come St Louis and Buch with at least 1 goal.
So sad to see Miller take a bodycheck and get hurt. Who fills in for him Sunday?
Vaanakainen
I’d like to buy an ‘A’
I didn’t see the hit on Miller.what happened?
I think Greenway hit Miller high and hard into the boards. Did not look all that much of a big deal. Just a normal body check. Sort of like what Rempe was doing last year. Oh the days when the Rangers use to hit people. Was that all a dream from last year?
solid clean hit by Greenway..Miller had his head down too long. Too bad it was one of his better games and honestly they missed him in the 3rd period
could be much worse…. Finns love i,j,k and l’s
We have a special guest doing the post game today, just waiting on the copy
i didn’t think the pony express still existed.
Cancel my subscription
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Mika’s Mojo Risin?
I read an article that when Gretzky agreed to be part of the show, he said the only way it would work is if he was treated like everyone else on the show including guys chirping at him the way they would any other host/player, etc. I also believe him and Bizz are very good friends.