J.T. Miller notches assist in return to Rangers lineup following injury
NY Post
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Rangers got their captain back Wednesday night against the Hurricanes.
J.T. Miller returned to the Blueshirts lineup after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury.
Slotting on to the right wing of Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck, Miller rounded out the top six with Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafrenière serving as the top unit.
“Pretty good,” Miller said of how he felt in his first game back, after notching an assist on Artemi Panarin’s go-ahead goal in the second period of the Rangers’ 4-2 win over the Hurricanes. “Definitely tried to keep myself out of certain situations, but I think, for the most part, I felt pretty good. Felt like I could contribute without being taken too much away from my game.”
As a result, Conor Sheary was bumped from the lineup and served as a healthy scratch for the first time this season.
With just five assists through 24 games, Sheary is still looking for his first goal of the season.
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Dylan Garand knew the number off the top of his head. He knew that, between the regular season and playoffs, he’d logged over 160 games with AHL Hartford, and he was right. Before the Rangers recalled him Friday, Garand had served as the Wolf Pack’s goaltender 165 times.
SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.
The Knicks are on a five-game winning streak and flooded with concerns.