With the schedule relatively light over the upcoming weeks and the opportunities to find ice time for backup goaltender Alexandar Georgiev looking scarce, the Rangers assigned the 22-year-old Georgiev to AHL Hartford Thursday and recalled Marek Mazanec.
Georgiev had appeared in only one of the Rangers’ first seven games, allowing seven goals in an 8-5 loss at Carolina on Oct. 7. No. 1 goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has played all four games since, including both ends of a back-to-back on Tuesday and Wednesday. Coach David Quinn explained the decision to play Lundqvist on consecutive nights was because with three days off afterward, it made sense to play Lundqvist in both games.