from Rick Carpiniello of The Athletic,

The last straw for Tony DeAngelo and the Rangers apparently occurred moments after he was on the ice for the overtime goal that gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 overtime win on Saturday night at the Garden.

Three sources have confirmed to The Athletic that there was indeed an altercation involving DeAngelo and goalie Alexandar Georgiev in the tunnel that leads to the Rangers’ locker room. Incidentally, Georgiev was held out of practice for “maintenance” on Sunday. The altercation was quickly broken up.

The Rangers did not confirm or deny the incident occurred.

“There’s always rumors, as you know,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “I’m not going to address rumors. This isn’t about one incident. It’s not about one thing. It’s a situation the organization felt was best at this current time and we’ll see how the situation plays out.

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