New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and forward Rick Nash will not play against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; FS-CR, MSG, NHL.TV) because of injury.
Lundqvist (lower body) and Nash (upper body) are listed as day to day.
Lundqvist made 43 saves in a 5-2 victory at the Florida Panthers on Tuesday to move into 10th place on the all-time NHL wins list with 404. He is 30-17-2 with a 2.65 goals-against average, .913 save percentage and two shutouts in 51 games this season.
Nash, who had an assist Tuesday, has 33 points (18 goals, 15 assists) in 55 games.
"Both Nash and Lundqvist are day to day," coach Alain Vigneault said. "Obviously {Lundqvist] was in the last game. Nash has been carrying this upper-body injury and it's just too painful today."
Forward Mark Puempel, who did not dress for each of the past two games, will take Nash's place in the lineup and skate on a line with Jimmy Vesey and Kevin Hayes.
The Rangers will also be without forward Michael Grabner, who will miss his fifth consecutive game with a hip injury.
The Rangers recalled goalie Brandon Halverson from Greenville of the ECHL on an emergency basis. He will back up starter Antti Raanta on Thursday.
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