It does not matter if the Rangers wanted to give key regulars a breather before the playoffs, because the club’s salary cap situation did not afford them the luxury of having extra players around.
Rangers fans named Ryan Lindgren as the 2022-23 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award winner Monday night before the club faced the Sabres at Madison Square Garden
After the Rangers won a high-scoring and emotional affair against the Lightning at the Garden the previous night, Thursday night’s matchup with the Blues didn’t have anything close to that same high stakes feel to it.