With the somewhat surprisingly quick return of Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein, the reign of The Undertaker on Broadway has ended.
Klein was in the lineup for Wednesday night's 4-3 overtime victory against the Red Wings at the Garden after missing one contest with a left-foot contusion, sending Dylan McIlrath — who carries that morbid moniker thanks to his effective form of pugilism — down to AHL Hartford.
McIlrath had been called up on Sunday and made his season debut in Monday's 4-3 home shootout loss to the Blues. Yet once Klein took Wednesday's morning skate with a protective pad on his hurt foot and felt good, that meant McIlrath was no longer needed.
"Every day was getting better, and that's what you like to see," said Klein, who was solid in playing 18:21. "The swelling went down after the first two days for the most part, walking without a boot and all that. Skating, it felt great."
McIlrath had come up at the same time with Conor Allen, who stuck around and struggled his second straight game. Coach Alain Vigneault still was trying to find ways to make up for the losses of defensemen Ryan McDonagh (shoulder, three-to-four weeks), Dan Boyle (hand, at least another week), and John Moore (two more games on his five-game suspension).
Forward Mats Zuccarello came back into the lineup after missing Monday's game with a lower-body injury, replacing Ryan Malone.
Zuccarello had two shots on goal while mostly playing on a line with Chris Kreider, while the center spot rotated between Kevin Hayes and Chris Mueller.
Vigneault said he believed veteran defenseman Tomas Kaberle was supposed to start his tryout with the Rangers on Wednesday morning, but Kaberle was stuck in Toronto with immigration issues. With a scheduled day off on Thursday, he likely will have his first practice on Friday before the team goes to Toronto — of all places — for Saturday night's game against the Maple Leafs.
Top center Derek Stepan (broken left leg) got his first contact of the season Wednesday morning. Stepan will skate by himself on Thursday while the team has off, and is looking to make his season debut Saturday … Boyle skated with a non-contact jersey on, and continued to make progress in handling the puck and taking harder shots … Wednesday was Vigneault's 900th career regular-season game as a NHL coach.
"It's just an honor and a privilege to be able to coach in this league," he said. "Nine hundred is, if you think about it, a lot of hockey games. I hope to keep coaching a few more."
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