The New York Rangers will be without one of their top forwards and defenders tonight vs. the New Jersey Devils. David Quinn announced that both Artemiy Panarin and K’Andre Miller would miss the game, but both are “close.”
Panarin logged 15:34 on Wednesday, February 10 in a game vs. the Boston Bruins. After sustaining an injury he was in some visible discomfort on the bench and it wasn’t a shock when he ended up missing the team’s next game that Friday vs. Boston.
With Panarin still out, Alexis Lafrenière should remain on the team’s second line, and Colin Blackwell appears to be in line to skate with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider on the top line, with Pavel Buchnevich moving down to the third line.