Eight games into the season is where the tinkering starts for Rangers coach Gerard Gallant.
With the return of Kaapo Kakko from injured reserve, after missing four games with an upper-body injury, Gallant and the Rangers had their top six forwards healthy for the first time in more than a week Friday night as they hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden.
And while Gallant put Kakko back in the spot he was in when he got hurt, on the right wing of the second line with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome, the coach did make a significant change when he moved newcomer Barclay Goodrow up on the first line, with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider.