Management has a few days grace before roster decisions come due for the three-day trek through western Canada that commences with Monday’s flight to Vancouver in advance of Wednesday’s match against the Canucks, but general manager Jeff Gorton and the staff will need to settle on an extra forward and extra defenseman to accompany the club.
Tanner Glass, who played his second straight in place of Emerson Etem (recovering from an illness) in Thursday’s 2-1 defeat to the Avalanche at the Garden, was the leader in the clubhouse prior to this one off his energetic and effective performance in Wednesday’s 2-1 shootout defeat in Brooklyn.