Category: Kaapo Kakko

  • 3:50 PM: Kakko said that this was the first time he had been scratched at any level and that no one talked to him about it, he just saw that he wasn’t in the lineup. (Stepheneon) He added that what happened in Game 6 won’t impact his desire to return to the Rangers and will instead…

  • 5:50 PM: Gerard Gallant said after practice “We fully expect him to be back, hopefully, possibly, play maybe two or three of the last games, but we expect him for playoffs.” (NYR) 11:02 AM: Kaapo Kakko is being considered “week-to-week” after suffering a lower-body injury in the first period of Saturday’s win over Detroit. (Brooks,…

  • 6:37 PM: Igor Shesterkin starts in net. (MSG) 6:32 PM: Kakko will skate on the third line with Barclay Goodrow and Alexis Lafreniere. (MSG) Filip Chytil will not play and is being considered day-to-day. 5:04 PM: Kaapo Kakko and Kevin Rooney will return to the Rangers lineup tonight against Ottawa. (NYR) Kakko last played on…

  • 2/12/22 | 10 AM: Larry Brooks writes that Kakko’s injury is not related to the one he had in October and that it is “safe to infer” that Kakko is “undergoing surgery.” (NY Post) He adds that Kakko skated on his own prior to the break, but that his injury didn’t respond to treatment. (NY…

  • 7PM: Patrik Nameth is not playing, Libor Hajek is in his spot. Artemi Panarin will start with Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafreniere will start with Ryan Strome and Barclay Goodrow, Dryden Hunt, Morgan Barron and Julien Gauthier will be the third line and Greg McKegg, Kevin Rooney and Ryan Reaves remain as the…