Hockey

Artemi Panarin’s Rangers season over after ugly Tom Wilson hit

With three games left in their season, the Rangers will be without star winger Artemi Panarin, just as two of their best four defensemen in Jacob Trouba and Ryan Lindgren.

Panarin, who was cloth dolled by Capitals forward Tom Wilson in the second time of Monday’s 6-3 misfortune to Washington, didn’t play in almost the whole second 50% of the game with what the group called a lower-body injury. Lead trainer David Quinn affirmed following practice Tuesday that the Rangers’ driving point maker would be out for the rest of the period.

Quinn additionally declared Tuesday that Trouba (assumed blackout) and Lindgren (chest area) wouldn’t dress for the last three games by the same token.

Trouba, who was evened out by Islanders winger Matt Martin on April 20, had been out the last seven games. Lindgren missed his second game Monday in the wake of crashing into Isles forward Cal Clutterbuck on April 29.

Chris Kreider, who has missed the last three games with a lower-body injury, is as yet thought to be everyday. Quinn didn’t close the entryway on Kreider getting once again into the arrangement before the season closes.

The Rangers are turning around to Alexandar Georgiev in objective for Wednesday’s rematch with the Capitals, Quinn said.

Georgiev is set to make his fourth beginning in the last 10 games. The 25-year-old Bulgarian as of now possesses a 8-6-2 record with a 2.69 objectives against normal and a .905 save rate this season.

In any case, with a crew of youthful players searching for each chance to learn and additionally set up themselves, the Blueshirts don’t anticipate taking their foot off the gas. Ryan Strome, a veteran in the group regardless of being just 27, anticipates that the young players should keep playing like they have something to demonstrate.

“We got a lot of guys with a lot to prove, their spots for next year, there’s always somebody watching, evaluating you,” he said Tuesday after practice. “So these games are definitely hard to play. The last week or so has been tough and a little demoralizing but our job is to go out there and play. I think we got people that pay good money and watch us on TV and love the Rangers, our job is to go out there and put on a good performance. I thought the effort was pretty good [Monday] night, not the results we wanted but hopefully go [out Wednesday] and get a win.”