On Thursday afternoon, the New York Rangers announced that they recalled Russian winger Pavel Buchnevich from Hartford. The Russian winger, who scored 2 points in 3 games for the Wolf Pack over the Rangers’ league-mandated bye week will be joined by Rick Nash in the Rangers’ lineup tonight against Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at the Garden.
With those two forwards coming back from injuries, and Mika Zibanejad waiting in the wings after having practiced in a regular, contact jersey at yesterday’s practice, the Rangers are about to get a whole lot deeper and better.