Because the Rangers picked up their first win at Madison Square Garden, Gabe Perreault made his season debut Monday night against the Predators.
The Rangers recalled Perreault from Hartford for the primary time this season on Sunday within the aftermath of the team’s seventh straight loss on home ice.
Perreault had began to realize some momentum for the Wolf Pack, posting a four-game goal streak and eight total points over that span.
“I feel I’ve been playing well,” the 20-year-old said after morning skate on Monday. “I feel it was really good for me to go down there [to Hartford], play plenty of minutes, work on little things I needed to work on. And, , hopefully it’ll translate.”
Perreault skated on the left wing of the Rangers top line next to Mika Zibanejad and J.T. Miller within the 6-3 win over Nashville.
Moreover, head coach Mike Sullivan put Perreault on the second power-play unit with Alexis Lafrenière, Vincent Trocheck, Taylor Raddysh and Braden Schneider.
It was there that Perreault notched his first NHL point in the shape of an assist on Lafrenière’s second-period power-play goal Monday night.
“I just think it makes us deeper,” Sullivan said of Perreault’s addition. “It gives us more balance. The thought process with Gabe, he’s had a reasonably decent start, especially most recently in Hartford. He’s an offensive player that has really good instincts on that side of the puck. So our intention is to attempt to set him up for achievement so he can play to his strengths. So in other words, I don’t know that it makes a complete lot of sense to call a player up like that and put him in a bottom six role.
“I feel he’s a man that potentially could help us, if we are able to get the very best version of him. So it’s an incredible opportunity for him. We’re excited to look at him.”
After missing a few games for the Wolf Pack this past weekend for what was described as an upper-body injury, Perreault said it was “only a precautionary thing.”
He assured he was good to go physically.
Perreault became the fifth rookie to suit up for the Rangers this season, following Noah Laba, Matthew Robertson, Brennan Othmann and Jaroslav Chmelar.
“We would like to attempt to put players in positions to succeed,” Sullivan said. “Ideally, we were trying to present Gabe a while down there to construct and develop his game, physically and otherwise, within the hopes that when he does get called to Recent York, he has the power to achieve success. I obviously talked to Chris [Drury] after the sport the opposite night [and] yesterday when the choice was made.
“Numerous it’s based on Gabe’s own performance down there, and what we predict the needs of the Rangers are here at this particular cut-off date.”
Matt Rempe, who has been nursing an upper-body injury, was moved from injured reserve to long-term injured reserve on Monday.
Monday counted because the eighth straight game Rempe has missed since suffering an apparent injury in his fight with Sharks enforcer Ryan Reaves on Oct. 23.
On LTIR, Rempe is required to miss a minimum of 10 games and 24 days.
For the reason that timeline is retroactive to the date of the injury, the earliest Rempe could return is after the Red Wings game Nov. 16.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 of the 30 shots he faced in his fifth win of the season.
Because the Rangers picked up their first win at Madison Square Garden, Gabe Perreault made his season debut Monday night against the Predators.
The Rangers recalled Perreault from Hartford for the primary time this season on Sunday within the aftermath of the team’s seventh straight loss on home ice.
Perreault had began to realize some momentum for the Wolf Pack, posting a four-game goal streak and eight total points over that span.
“I feel I’ve been playing well,” the 20-year-old said after morning skate on Monday. “I feel it was really good for me to go down there [to Hartford], play plenty of minutes, work on little things I needed to work on. And, , hopefully it’ll translate.”
Perreault skated on the left wing of the Rangers top line next to Mika Zibanejad and J.T. Miller within the 6-3 win over Nashville.
Moreover, head coach Mike Sullivan put Perreault on the second power-play unit with Alexis Lafrenière, Vincent Trocheck, Taylor Raddysh and Braden Schneider.
It was there that Perreault notched his first NHL point in the shape of an assist on Lafrenière’s second-period power-play goal Monday night.
“I just think it makes us deeper,” Sullivan said of Perreault’s addition. “It gives us more balance. The thought process with Gabe, he’s had a reasonably decent start, especially most recently in Hartford. He’s an offensive player that has really good instincts on that side of the puck. So our intention is to attempt to set him up for achievement so he can play to his strengths. So in other words, I don’t know that it makes a complete lot of sense to call a player up like that and put him in a bottom six role.
“I feel he’s a man that potentially could help us, if we are able to get the very best version of him. So it’s an incredible opportunity for him. We’re excited to look at him.”
After missing a few games for the Wolf Pack this past weekend for what was described as an upper-body injury, Perreault said it was “only a precautionary thing.”
He assured he was good to go physically.
Perreault became the fifth rookie to suit up for the Rangers this season, following Noah Laba, Matthew Robertson, Brennan Othmann and Jaroslav Chmelar.
“We would like to attempt to put players in positions to succeed,” Sullivan said. “Ideally, we were trying to present Gabe a while down there to construct and develop his game, physically and otherwise, within the hopes that when he does get called to Recent York, he has the power to achieve success. I obviously talked to Chris [Drury] after the sport the opposite night [and] yesterday when the choice was made.
“Numerous it’s based on Gabe’s own performance down there, and what we predict the needs of the Rangers are here at this particular cut-off date.”
Matt Rempe, who has been nursing an upper-body injury, was moved from injured reserve to long-term injured reserve on Monday.
Monday counted because the eighth straight game Rempe has missed since suffering an apparent injury in his fight with Sharks enforcer Ryan Reaves on Oct. 23.
On LTIR, Rempe is required to miss a minimum of 10 games and 24 days.
For the reason that timeline is retroactive to the date of the injury, the earliest Rempe could return is after the Red Wings game Nov. 16.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 of the 30 shots he faced in his fifth win of the season.
