New York at Buffalo

New York is a road favorite but hurting while losing two of three. Defensemen Marc Staal and Dylan McIlrath have been ruled out against the Sabres, and forward Rick Nash is still out with a bone bruise in his leg that has sidelined him for 19 games. Star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has missed the past two games due to neck spasms and is still out. New York has surrendered one power-play goal in three straight games. The Rangers are a .500 team on the road and face a hungry young Buffalo team playing its fourth home game over the last five contests. Buffalo extended its point streak to four games (2-0-2) by erasing a two-goal deficit in the third period in a 4-3 shootout win at Toronto on Monday. Play Buffalo.