The injuries keep coming for the Rangers. Nothing insurmountable so far, or especially devastating to the team. But one after the other, they are coming, and all problematic in their own way.
The latest was to physical winger Sammy Blais, who the team announced Tuesday was finished for the season with a knee injury – reportedly a torn ACL. At the same time, coach Gerard Gallant’s team did get back third-line center Filip Chytil from a stint on injured reserve, where he had been for a week with what the team described as an upper-body injury.
In getting Chytil back at the same time he lost Blais, Gallant was able to maneuver his lineup for Tuesday’s home game against the Montreal Canadiens by moving versatile forward Barclay Goodrow from the middle of the third line – where he had been filling in for Chytil -- onto the right wing of the top line, with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider.