NEW YORK -- Leading scorer Artemi Panarin was back at practice on Sunday and will return to the New York Rangers lineup on Tuesday, when they open up their first-round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Panarin left the Rangers' 4-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes last Tuesday at Madison Square Garden with an upper-body injury.
Linemate Andrew Copp (lower-body) also left in the second period of that loss and did not return for the Rangers, who settled for the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division as a result of the loss.