Pavel Buchnevich, the Rangers leading scorer, and Adam Fox, the team’s best defenseman and power play quarterback, were placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 list Monday, joining forward Phillip DiGiuseppe, who had been placed on the list on Sunday.
All three were out of the lineup for Monday’s game against the Flyers at Madison Square Garden, the opener of a two-game series with Philadelphia.
Fox’s unavailability, along with the unavailability of defenseman Jack Johnson, who has been battling a lingering groin injury, prompted the Rangers to call up defenseman Tarmo Reunanen from their Hartford Wolf Pack farm team.