Chris Kreider of the Rangers scores the game-winning goal on a power-play at 19:35 of the third period against the Islanders at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on Jan. 16. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
Artemi Panarin will not be in St. Louis for the NHL All-Star Game this weekend. Chris Kreider will be going in his place.
On Tuesday, the day the Rangers put Panarin’s All-Star Game jersey on sale, the 28-year-old winger sat out of the Blueshirts’ 4-2 loss to the Islanders — the final game before the All-Star break — with an upper-body injury. A couple hours after the game, the NHL announced that Kreider would take his place as the Rangers’ lone representative on the Metropolitan Division squad.