It would be another day of chaos for the Rangers. In addition to potentially being without defenseman Ryan Lindgren, who left last night’s game early with an injury, Rangers Captain Jacob Trouba received a hearing with the Department of Player Safety for an elbow that nobody even noticed during the game against Vegas. As it would turn out, Lindgren, who ended up being a game time decision, would be a no go and Jacob Trouba would receive a two-game suspension.
This prompted some changes to the defensive pairings as K’Andre Miller would pair up with Branden Schneider, Zac Jones would slot in to the left of Erik Gustafsson and recent call up Connor Mackey would pair up with Adam Fox in his first game with the Rangers this season.