Overview
- Head coach Mike Sullivan said Matt Rempe faces a longer-term absence after an upper-body injury sustained in an Oct. 23 fight with San Jose’s Ryan Reaves.
- Subsequent reporting indicates Rempe’s injury is not expected to be season-ending but could keep him out for multiple weeks or a few months.
- Vincent Trocheck has resumed skating as he works back from an upper-body injury and remains on long-term injured reserve until at least Nov. 1.
- In Rempe’s absence, top prospect Brennan Othmann made his season debut and may yield to Jonny Brodzinski for upcoming games, per Vince Mercogliano.
- New York has stumbled out of the gate at 4-5-2, but a 2-0 win over Vancouver ended a three-game losing streak.