WINNIPEG – As hot as the No. 1 line of Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Mats Zuccarello have been for the past month, their torrid scoring has only served to point out that the Rangers really haven’t been getting much secondary scoring.
The top line has scored nine of the Rangers’ 17 goals since the All- Star break, and No. 2 center Kevin Hayes has three goals in that span (one on a power play and another into an empty net). That means, entering Tuesday’s road game against the Jets, the Rangers had gotten five goals from players other than their top four forwards in their last seven games.