Mika Zibanejad did not take part in the Rangers’ practice at Lasker Rink in Central Park on Saturday and will miss his sixth straight game Sunday afternoon with an upper-body injury.
Zibanejad, the team’s No. 1 center, has been sidelined since exiting the game Oct. 27 against Boston after the first period, after he’d been hit high by Boston’s Patrice Bergeron late in the period. The Rangers said that night Zibanejad’s status was day-to-day. Coach David Quinn said after the game that Zibanejad had not suffered a concussion. He said some days later that the injury was more involving the neck.