An interesting situation arose in the third period on Tuesday night when Antti Raanta was knocked over by the Canucks’ Markus Granlund. During the collision, Raanta fell back and hit his head. Jim Ramsay immediately came out to check on the Rangers goalie, who like all players said he was fine. And it’s very possible he was. But too many times players have tried to believe they are fine so this year the league has taken matters into their own hands – concussion spotters.
A few shifts after play began, the concussion spotters called down to the Rangers bench and said Raanta had to come out.