Rangers’ defensive depth aces stress-filled stretch
Into the breach stepped Zac Jones. Into the breach stepped Connor Mackey. And into the breach stepped Braden Schneider.
Into the breach stepped Zac Jones. Into the breach stepped Connor Mackey. And into the breach stepped Braden Schneider.
Ryan Lindgren sat out the Rangers final game before the All-Star break, a road win over the Senators, after suffering an undisclosed upper-body injury the previous night against the Golden Knights at the Garden.
The once-rolling Rangers barely are clinging to their hold on first place in the Metro Division as they continued to limp into the All-Star break.
The Rangers lost defenseman Ryan Lindgren to an undisclosed upper-body injury in the first period of their 5-2 loss to the Golden Knights.
It was fitting that the only Ranger who could score on Charlie Lindgren was his brothers defensive partner, Adam Fox.
With back-to-back games at the Garden against the Oilers and the Sabres on deck this weekend, however, the Rangers remain focused on going into the three-day break on a high note.
The Rangers, who have a success rate of 85.3 percent (14-for-95) on the PK, have killed 17 of 19 over the last six contests.
Saturday, the 25-year-old was crushed from behind into the rear boards by David Pastrnak in a continuation of a feud.