“It’s not a knock against him playing center,” Gallant, who has chosen to keep specifics about the scratch between himself and Chytil, said before the game. Struggling Rangers blow late lead in shootout loss to Golden KnightsĬhytil had two shots in 15:16 of ice time, nearly winning it with a dash to the net in the final minute of overtime. Rather, Chytil skated on the wing in filling the hole left by Artemi Panarin, sidelined for Friday’s defeat with the undefined lower-body injury sustained in Arizona and whose status remains the generic “day-to-day.”Ĭhytil opened on the left of the third line with Barclay Goodrow in the middle and Julien Gauthier on the right, but shifted to right wing late in the first period, playing the remainder of the match on that side of the unit with Ryan Strome and Alexis Lafreniere. Filip Chytil has been reinstated to the Rangers’ lineup as a winger, not a center, amid Artemi Panarin’s injury. “The Christmas break is coming up, we only have one game, we have four days off, so we’re trying to be smart about it.”įilip Chytil was reinstated after sitting out Wednesday’s 3-2 victory in Arizona as a healthy scratch but did not slide back into the middle, where he had played in all of his previous 25 games this season. Igor Shesterkin was a pull participant in the Rangers’ morning skate for the first time since his injury. “He skated pretty well today and took all the shots, but we’re definitely going to be cautious. “Igor is a star goalie, he played unbelievable hockey and we want him back as soon as he’s ready,” the coach said before the Rangers’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Golden Knights at the Garden.
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