The Rangers’ injury problems have only gotten worse.
Jacob Trouba left Tuesday’s 5-2 defeat to the Devils with an upper body injury and on Wednesday, the Rangers announced that the defender would be out for four to six weeks.
It’s just the last hit for the Rangers, who played Tuesday’s game without star fullback Artemi Panarin (lower body) and the promising rookie defender K’Andre Miller (upper body), both of whom are tabbed day-to-day. . The Rangers are also without center Filip Chytil, who is in the middle of his own four to six week recovery from an upper body injury.
Trouba, whose longtime partner was Miller, averaged 21:40 Ice Age in 14 games, the second-highest clip of all skaters behind fellow blue liner Adam Fox.
Veteran defender Jack Johnson is out with a groin injury, but coach David Quinn said Monday he hoped Johnson could get back to practice this week.