PITTSBURGH — One guy in, another out, and so it goes as the flu runs around another NHL locker room.
The Rangers got forward Jesper Fast back for Thursday night’s 4-1 loss to the Penguins at CONSOL Energy Center after he missed Monday’s 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets at the Garden with the illness. However, defenseman Marc Staal was forced to miss the game against the Penguins, left back at the hotel and not feeling well.
The Rangers’ first reported case of the flu this season was Dan Boyle just before the Feb.