What It Means:

Raanta struggled in Sunday’s loss to the New York Islanders, allowing five goals on 31 shots in a 6-4 defeat. Overall, Raanta has had a good season, going 7-5-2 with a 2.49 goals against average and .909 save percentage, but the Rangers will need him to step-up with Henrik Lundqvist sidelined for a bit. Tonight, he draws a strong matchup in Buffalo against a team on the tail-end of a back-to-back set.

We project Raanta to allow 2.31 goals on 26.82 shots with a 58 percent chance of recording the win. He's our fifth-ranked netminder on an eight-game night.