Ryan Lindgren, who needed 10 stitches to close a cut under his left eye after taking a high stick to the face in Sunday’s 6-5 overtime win over the Islanders at MetLife Stadium, was in the lineup Tuesday when the Rangers hosted the Dallas Stars.
His coach, Peter Laviolette, was not surprised.
“Not really. Not when you get to know a player, and their makeup, and their DNA, and what’s inside of that person, what makes them tick,’’ Laviolette said at the Rangers’ morning skate. “He’s a warrior out there. Everybody knows that.’’
Lindgren wore a full face shield to protect the eye, which was discolored. He took part in the morning skate. When he skated in warmups, the Rangers also had seventh defenseman Zac Jones on the ice, just in case Lindgren couldn’t go.
Lindgren took a stick to the face from the Islanders’ Alexander Romanov early inthe third period and fell to the ice. Romanov was not penalized. Instead, he skated unchecked to the front of the net and scored to put the Islanders ahead 5-3. After the goal, Lindgren left and did not return.
Rempe remains in lineup
After becoming the first player to make his NHL debut in an outdoor game, forward Matt Rempe was back in the lineup for his second career game. The 6-8 Rempe played just 4:26 in his debut, but had a memorable fight on his first shift with the Islanders’ Matt Martin.
“Obviously, he had a big opening shift. but I actually thought that his line put it in the offensive zone and they did some good things,’’ Laviolette said of Rempe. “I understand that the minutes, and the way I coached the game in the third period didn’t necessarily set up for Matt. That’s not on him, that’s on me, and the fact that we were chasing a multiple-goal lead, trying to win a hockey game, and you just keep putting those (first- and second-line) guys out.’’
Blue notes
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