The New York Rangers managed to survive their first scare of this consolidated 2020-2021 season. Mika Zibanejad is expected to play in Friday night’s game against the Penguins in Pittsburgh, but fans were certainly worried until they saw him skate at practice today.
Rangers get big scare late against the Devils
Some 48 hours ago, things did not seem to look good for the Ranger’s star center when he lost his edge deep in the New Jersey Devils zone and crashed body first into the boards. Zibanejad was unable to take another shift for the final two-plus minutes of the period as the Rangers lost a one-goal game 4-3.