Chris Kreider might find yourself lacking extra than simply Sunday’s recreation in Pittsburgh together with his upper-body harm, because the Rangers recalled Brennan Othmann on Monday from their AHL Hartford affiliate upfront of Tuesday’s recreation towards the Islanders.
Othmann, 22, appeared in three video games with the Rangers final 12 months.
He has 12 objectives and eight assists with Hartford this season. 9 of these objectives have are available in his previous 13 video games.
The staff’s first-round decide (sixteenth general) within the 2021 draft, Othmann has but to attain some extent within the NHL, however with the Rangers nonetheless looking for course previous to the March 7 commerce deadline, they might wish to see what he can do for them earlier than contemplating shifting him for a veteran participant.
The 33-year-old Kreider performed for Crew USA within the 4 Nations Face-Off and scored a objective within the Rangers’ lopsided loss at Buffalo on Saturday, however was a late scratch after skating pregame earlier than the Blueshirts received in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Kreider has been hampered by accidents for a lot of the season and has scored 17 objectives in 48 video games, with simply 4 assists.
Again spasms saved Kreider out for 3 video games in November, and he was positioned on injured reserve in January with an upper-body harm that sidelined him for 4 video games.
Kreider was additionally a wholesome scratch on Dec. 23 towards the Devils.
Zac Jones, who agreed to go to Hartford on a conditioning stint final week together with his function diminishing with the Rangers, was additionally recalled Monday and Matthew Robertson was assigned to Hartford.
Jones beforehand declared his displeasure to The Submit’s Larry Brooks about his lack of enjoying time, with the defenseman saying in January he was “rotting away.”
The 24-year-old Jones most lately performed with the Rangers on Feb. 7 earlier than being despatched to Hartford on the conditioning stint Thursday.
He’s appeared in simply two video games for the Rangers since Dec. 23, having been bumped down on the depth chart after the arrivals of Will Borgen and Urho Vaakanainen, who have been acquired in separate trades in December.
