Chris Kreider is expected to miss his second consecutive game with an apparent upper-body injury. It’s unclear when Kreider suffered this upper-body injury, but he’s been dealing with a nagging back issue all season long,

Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOW Brennan Othmann played his first game of the season with the Rangers on Long Island on Tuesday as the Blueshirts remained without Chris Kreider for a second straight match.

The New York Rangers have called up one of their top prospects just in case veteran Chris Kreider is unable to play Tuesday against the Islanders because of injury.