In the final injury of the season, and the latest setback in a tough year for the Rangers' longest-tenured player, forward Chris Kreider suffered an upper-body injury prior to Tuesday's game, causing a back-to-back injury on Sunday. He will be placed on the injured reserve. Game against the Stars.
Kreider missed Sunday's win over the Rangers against the Blackhawks and has just 13 goals and 15 points this season, but he has struggled most of the year and was announced by general manager Chris Drury in November as a member of the Rangers' team. The result was recorded in the trade memo he sent back as a player. The slide has started.
Then, on Dec. 23, the Blueshirts hurt Kreider in a loss to the Devils.
He also missed three games near the end of November due to back spasms, but when addressing the injury during the game against New Jersey, Kreider said: “Everyone is playing through something. I feel really good right now.”
In response, the Rangers are expected to recall Matt Rempe before Tuesday's game.
Lempe still needs to serve the final game of his eight-game suspension and will be unavailable for the game against Dallas, but he will be available when the Rangers play the Devils on Thursday.
The Rangers have already been forced to operate without goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who has been on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, for the past three games.
