The saving grace – if one can call goalkeeping that – is that Igor Shesterkin has found his game and Jonathan Quick remains a decent enough Robin to Comrade Batman. As for the club's best forward, Breadman Panarin has gone stale.

The decision to sit the longest tenured Ranger comes amid the club’s 4-12 skid and free fall in the standings to sixth in the Metropolitan Division and 22nd in the NHL.

New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider was a healthy scratch Monday against the New Jersey Devils for the first time this season. The Rangers lost their fourth straight home game 3-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday,