via Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post,
The Rangers have already seen life without Derek Stepan, and it ain’t pretty.
They might have to deal with it yet again, as the top-line center left Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to the Islanders at the Garden with what coach Alain Vigneault called an “upper-body injury.” Stepan had received an unpenalized slash on the hand from Islanders forward Matt Martin in the first period, but Vigneault said the extent of the injury won’t be known until Wednesday.
Stepan played just three shifts after the first period, the final when he turned the puck over on a second-period power play that resulted in Frans Nielsen’s shorthanded goal. He was not on the bench for the third.
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