Chris Kreider, a healthy scratch for the first time since John Tortorella’s reign behind the bench ended following 2012-13, is no victim.

The saving grace – if one can call goalkeeping that – is that Igor Shesterkin has found his game and Jonathan Quick remains a decent enough Robin to Comrade Batman. As for the club's best forward, Breadman Panarin has gone stale.

In an extremely shocking move, the New York Rangers have announced that Chris Kreider is going to be a healthy scratch tonight, fueling trade speculation.