This has been a trying season for much of the league. Many teams such as the Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils, and Buffalo Sabres to name a few, have had to endure weeks long stoppages of play in this COVID-19 short season.
Other teams have had a better run of it. Most have been able to play fairly continuously with the absence of players here and there as they enter the COVID Protocol List.
Unfortunately, the New York Rangers have had some of this plus plenty more to deal with, putting them in a pretty unique situation.