Rick Nash, sidelined for three straight games bridging the Christmas break while tending to the groin pull sustained in overtime of the Dec. 18 shootout victory over the Devils, is likely to miss at least the first game of the Rangers’ upcoming trip to Arizona and Colorado, if not both.
No. 61 — who has played in just three games since first injuring the other side of his groin in Brooklyn on Dec. 6 — did not go on the ice at the Garden for the Tuesday morning skate in advance of the Rangers’ 4-3 victory over the Senators.