Rangers’ Brennan Othmann gets a look as injured Chris Kreider sits again – Jobsmaa.com
Brennan Othmann played his first game of the season with the Rangers on Long Island on Tuesday as the Blueshirts remained without Chris Kreider for a second straight match. Kreider was a late scratch on Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh with an upper-body injury, the latest in an injury-plagued season. After the 5-1 thrashing of the Islanders , though, the concern had shifted from Kreider to Adam Fox and K’Andre Miller , both of whom exited the game with upper and lower-body injuries, respectively, and did not return. “They’re being evaluated right now,” coach Peter Laviolette said following a game the Rangers finished with just four defensemen — Braden Schneider also having suffered a scare after a blocked shot in the third period, but returning. Othmann, the Rangers’ 2021 first-round pick from Scarborough, Ontario missed a chunk of time this season with an upper-body injury, but has played at a solid pace when healthy in the AHL, notching 20 points in 27 games with the...