The New York Rangers suffered a tough loss in a game they should’ve won on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not only did they lose the game, but they also lost one of their best players, Filip Chytil, to an upper-body injury for 4-6 weeks.
For that reason, it was guaranteed that the lines would look very different on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres. The “KZB” line was reunited after a few games off. Phillip Di Giuseppe was moved to the right wing and promoted to the second line.
Alexis Lafrenière and Brett Howden joined Kaapo Kakko on the third line.