Filip Chytil exited the game with what the Rangers described as an upper-body injury after absorbing a late and high hit from the Blackhawks’ Sam Lafferty toward the end of the second period.
As usual, head coach Gerard Gallant didn’t have an immediate update on the Czech center, who he said is day-to-day.
Despite not finishing the game, Chytil still finished with two points. After putting the Rangers on the board in the first period, burying a feed from Alexis Lafreniere at 13:04, he later had a hand in another stellar passing sequence from the Kid Line. Kaapo Kakko finished that one off for the 3-0 lead with 56.6 seconds left in the opening frame.
Chytil has struggled to stay healthy over the course of his six seasons with the Rangers. Part of it could be a durability concern, but he’s also been involved in so many bad collisions throughout his tenure. After seemingly taking off during the Rangers’ run to the conference final last season, Chytil has had some impactful stretches through the start of this season, in which he has already matched his goal total in each of the past two seasons in just 25 games.
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