Filip Chytil, who sustained an upper-body injury in practice a week ago, is still not skating with the Rangers as the Oct. 12 opening night in Buffalo steadily approaches.
The competition between Erik Gustafsson and Zac Jones for the New York Rangers' third-pair spot on the left side never quite materialized. The 31-year-old Gustafsson has played up to his status as a six-year NHL veteran who, additionally, played last season for head coach Peter Laviolette in Washington.