Matt Rempe starting to show he’s more than just a Rangers’ enforcer

It was only a three-second glimpse, but Matt Rempe, finally, showcased offensive strides. The ones he started talking about in the preseason — after a summer’s worth of work — and kept doubling down on, even when he fluctuated in and out of the Rangers lineup and shuttled back and forth to AHL Hartford.

The ones that, over time, will help him morph into more than a physical fourth-line forward.

In the early minutes of the third period Tuesday, Rempe found space alongside Adam Edstrom on a rush, collected a pass and flipped the puck into the Senators net with his backhand moments later, giving the Rangers a three-goal lead. It marked just the third goal of Rempe’s career and first of the campaign.

As a winger with a hulking 6-foot-8 ½ frame, his job description doesn’t typically include that. He’s far from a 20-goal scorer.

At this pace, he’s far from even being a five-goal one, too.

But Rempe still wants to change that.