Gameday – Sabres at Rangers

It’s a battle of unbeaten teams as the Buffalo Sabres hop over to Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers tonight at 7pm. Buffalo is down another center, as Jochen Hecht had surgery on a broken finger and is out approximately 2 weeks. Clarke MacArthur moves up to center Pominville and Paille, while Mair will have Kotalik and Afinogenov. Matt Ellis will get his first start as the fourth line center.

The Rangers have jumped out to a hot start, 5-0-0 and needing one win to have their best start ever. Both teams are winning in part due to excellent penalty kill performance (Buffalo is 12 for 12 on the kill, New York 21 for 21). We should see Ryan Miller back in the net, and most likely Lundqvist at the other end. This could be a tough one.