Rangers defender Jacob Trouba did not return for the third period of a 5-2 defeat by the Devils on Tuesday night after suffering an upper body injury early in the game.
If the 26-year-old loses some time, the Rangers defense will lose three skaters once again, with Jack Johnson (groin) still on a daily basis and K’Andre Miller recently joining him with an upper body injury. . Brendan Smith skated in his first game on Tuesday since suffering an upper body injury earlier this month.
“We won’t know until [Wednesday]”, Said coach David Quinn about Trouba after the defeat.
The Blueshirts are also without their top scorer Artemi Panarin, who has lost his second consecutive game since suffering a lower body injury in a 3-2 defeat in overtime to the Bruins on 10 February.
Trouba, in his second season with Rangers, recorded two assists in 13 games this season. He skated mostly with Miller, but teamed up with Smith on Tuesday night in the absence of the rookie.
Rangers won a single game of the season – a record of 36 clashes in defeat, taking 36 of 73 of the points (49.3 percent).