Mika Zibanejad’s assist on Pavel Buchnevich’s empty-net goal was his first point in seven games, and the team’s No. 1 center has just one goal and two assists so far in 10 games, tied for eighth on the Rangers in scoring.
But with the Blueshirts having won two straight games and three of their last four (3-0-1), coach David Quinn has the luxury of being patient for Zibanejad’s scoring to pick up.
"With having [had] COVID, and really not being able to do an awful lot before the season started, he certainly hasn't gotten off to start that I know that he wants to, statistically, or that we want him to,’’ Quinn said Friday after practice.