With K’Andre Miller landing on injured reserve, Connor Mackey is set to take his place in the New York Rangers lineup. Mackey has played in just one game since being signed by the Rangers in 2023, so this is a big opportunity to prove himself.

Connor Mackey, who was recalled from AHL Hartford to serve as the seventh defenseman after Jacob Trouba was traded, is expected to step into the lineup

The New York Rangers are back in action on Saturday afternoon, taking on the Los Angeles Kings at Madison Square Garden in a rematch of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final. However, the Rangers will be shorthanded as they’ll be without one of their key defensemen.

K'Andre Miller is heading to injured reserve with an upper-body injury, less than a week after New York dealt captain and fellow blue-liner Jacob Trouba to Anaheim. "Everybody goes through it through the course of a year,