ANAHEIM – Artemi Panarin has not yet cleared COVID-19 protocol and was not in the lineup when the Rangers faced off against the Anaheim Ducks Saturday night at the Honda Center. But the Rangers added one more player to their COVID protocol list when the team announced at the beginning of warmups Saturday that fourth-line forward Ryan Reaves had joined Panarin, goalie Igor Shesterkin and forward Julien Gauthier in the protocol.
With Panarin, Gauthier, Reaves and Dryden Hunt (injured reserve – upper-body injury) unavailable, three Hartford callups entered the lineup. Tim Gettinger, Morgan Barron and Jonny Brodzinski skated together on the fourth line, with previous fourth-liners Greg McKegg and Kevin Rooney moving up to the third line alongside Filip Chytil.