Artemi Panarin left practice with what the New York Rangers called a lower-body injury. He didn’t return, but coach Mike Sullivan said he’s not worried.
“He’s just day to day with the lower-body injury,” Sullivan said. “It’s more precautionary than anything. It’s so early in training camp. We just want to make sure… we get ahead of anything that could potentially be on the radar.”
There was no word about whether Panarin will practice Saturday or play in the preseason opener against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Sunday afternoon.
To say that losing Panarin for any length of time in the regular season would be a disaster is an understatement.