GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Lias Andersson’s parents and younger brother are coming in from Sweden Friday to spend the Christmas holiday at the young Ranger’s bachelor pad.
“I guess I’ll take them around the city and have a Christmas lunch during this Swedish Christmas,’’ said Andersson, who said, no, a Swedish Christmas is not like everyone else’s Christmas. “It’s a lot different, foodwise, and stuff.’’
Whether Andersson would be in New York for Christmas was in some doubt, after he was scratched from the lineup Dec. 14 when the Rangers played the Arizona Coyotes. With the return of forwards Mats Zuccarello and Pavel Buchnevich from their respective groin and thumb injuries, someone was going to get bumped from the lineup, and coach David Quinn chose to scratch the 20-year-old Andersson (the No.