Trying to ensure that they don’t ice a short-handed lineup again, the New York Rangers placed J.T. Miller on injured reserve Monday and recalled forward Brett Berard from Hartford of the American Hockey League.
The night before, the Rangers dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen in a 2-1 loss to the Predators in Nashville because three of their forwards couldn’t play. Miller missed his first game after sustaining an upper-body injury during a 5-4 shootout victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday; Gabe Perreault and Matt Rempe were late scratched due to illness.