Author: Adam Rotter

3:28 PM: When asked about Ryan Lindgren, Gerard Gallant said “day to day.” (NYR)

When asked if the Rangers might want to get “some other bodies here,” Gallant said “no, we’re fine. We got 20, that’s fine, we’re good, no issues…if we need them, we know where to get them.” (NYR)

3:11 PM: Jaro Halak will start for the Rangers today against the Panthers. (NYR)

Ryan Lindgren remains out of the lineup. (Stephenson)

Gerard Gallant met with the media following the Ranger win over Carolina and said (NYR, MSG):

• Are you seeing more resilience, “Yea, we stayed around…we’re a good team, we have a lot of good hockey players and you find a way to stick around and win a hockey game. For two periods I just didn’t like the way we played, we battled hard, but we never had puck possession in our zone, we didn’t get inside enough, didn’t compete hard enough in the offensive zone. After that, in the third, it was excellent. I saw a lot of good things, we competed well. I thought we competed for 60 minutes, but the last 20 was the way we can play.”

First Period:

• Sebastian Aho (31) Assists: Martin Necas (38)

Second Period:

• Artemi Panarin (24) Assists: Mika Zibanejad (41), Vladimir Tarasenko (28)

Third Period:

• Adam Fox (11) Assists: Artemi Panarin (58), Mika Zibanejad (42)

The Rangers have signed prospect Bryce McConnell-Barker.

He was the 97th pick in the 2022 draft.

From the Rangers:

        McConnell-Barker, 18, captains the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he leads the team with 74 points and 45 assists while ranking second in goals (29) through 66 games. He was also named OHL Player of the Week ending January 8 after recording eight points (4G-4A) in three games.

         In two seasons with the Greyhounds, the London, Ontario native has compiled 52 goals and 71 assists for 123 points in 134 games. Last season, he recorded 49 points (23G-26A) in 68 games, earning Soo’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ award.

4 PM: Gerard Gallant spoke after practice and said (NYR):

• Why did you change up the PP units, “just trying to get em going a little bit, get it back to where it should be. We gotta get more chances, gotta create more and, again, we played against one of the best PKs in the league last night, they did a good job. We’re just a little stale and hopefully get more going, put them in a little bit different position, some of the guys. It should be good.”

Gerard Gallant met with the media following the Rangers loss to Carolina and said (NYR, MSG):

• On the game, “the game started off, the first 8-10 minutes I thought they outplayed us, then the second half of the first I thought we played really well and then after that it wasn’t near good enough. They were a much better team, the game shouldn’t have been that close and fortunately for Shesty he kept us in it and gave us a chance.”