Rangers coach Gerard Gallant insisted Alexis Lafreniere would be back in the lineup Saturday afternoon against the Red Wings, after the 20-year-old winger was made the first of what could be severa…
through the final seven regular-season games.
“I made a decision the other night to rest Laffy. Not because he played bad hockey, he hasn’t played bad hockey. But he’s a young kid and we look at the stats and we look at the numbers, and we got medical people testing them every day. You take advice from people and you look around and that’s what happens.”
Trade-deadline acquisition Tyler Motte, who sustained a “significant” upper-body injury on April 7 against the Penguins in his ninth game as a Ranger, will be sidelined for at least the rest of the regular season.