The Rangers came from behind to beat the Islanders 6-4 in the second exhibition game at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, but lost three players in that game, two at a time.
Only one returned.
Artemi Panarin (lower-body injury) and Ryan Lindgren (upper-body injury) both left Tuesday's game and did not return.
Both skaters are still being evaluated, according to head coach Peter Laviolette.
Filip Chytil was the third Rangers player to leave the game with an injury, but the Czech centre returned soon after and ultimately finished the game.
Chytil was hit at center ice by Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield less than halfway through the first period and was unable to get his skates on under his own power.
As the 25-year-old Mayfield struggled to his feet, Lindgren went after him looking for retaliation, with Mayfield gaining the upper hand in the melee.
After a trainer came to check on Chytil, teammates helped him off the ice while Lindgren, who received both fighting and instigating penalties, headed to the locker room.
Lindegren appears to have suffered an upper-body injury in the game against Mayfield.
Despite being unable to put weight on his left leg when he left the ice, Chytil returned to the ice before the end of the period.
He scored a power-play goal in the third period before finishing the game with 9 minutes, 59 seconds of ice time.
“I saw him coming, and I could have made a better move,” said Chytil, who called it a hockey play, “But I saw him coming, and I was prepared for the hit, but I wasn't prepared for his knee to hit my leg. It's a hockey play. I didn't think anything of it on the ice, in the locker room, and then I saw everything was going well, so I went back and played.”
The Rangers lost Panarin in the third period.
The Rangers said the Russian star winger exited the tunnel with a lower-body injury and sat out the final frame.
Chytil, who missed all but 10 regular season games last season with a suspected fourth concussion, did not appear to have received any contact on his head, but his left knee took the greatest impact.
As Chytil was looking down at the puck, Mayfield came up and awkwardly bumped into Chytil.
Since the start of training camp, Chytil has been operating without restrictions.
He had expressed a desire to play in as many exhibition games as possible to make up for not being on the ice for five months last season, which likely contributed to him playing in the first two exhibition games.
“It's always like that,” Chytil said when asked why it was important for him to return during the preseason. “If I can play, I'll play.”
Zach Jones scored two goals in Tuesday's win, including a goal late in the third period to bring the score within one.
Chris Kreider also scored two goals, including the tying goal and an empty-net goal.
Adam Edstrom, who scored two goals in the rookie tournament earlier this month, scored the winning goal.
Victor Mancini caught Laviolette's attention with a pair of goals in the preseason opener against the Bruins.
“I thought he was really strong in the game,” the head coach said before Tuesday's game, “but that's the kind of guy he was to me. He was one of the guys that really stood out in his rookie game. He stood out in the scrimmages and practices that we had with him.”
“He's big, he's strong, he skates well. He looks like he can protect the puck from guys trying to steal it. He can use his speed and his size to get the puck into an area where he can make the next play. I thought he played really strong in Boston.”
Matthew Robertson (lower-body injury), Ryder Korczak (upper-body injury) and Taryn Boyko (upper-body injury) are all listed as day-to-day and did not play in Tuesday's game.
