It appears the New York Rangers will be without forward Filip Chytil when they open a four-game trip Sunday night in Seattle. Whether Chytil will join the Rangers later on the trek, which also will comprise stops in Vancouver,

It’s possible that Chytil was fine and that the Rangers made the decision that with a 3-1 lead and the 25-year-old’s history of concussions, they would be cautious and not play him in the third period. If that’s the case, however, why would they have played him for one shift late in the second?

Whether Filip Chytil travels with the Rangers on their upcoming four-game road trip out west should give a pretty good indication of the severity of the Czech center’s injury. That, and whether the 25-year-old is even on the ice when the Blueshirts return to practice Saturday at MSG Training Center ahead of their flight to Seattle.

Filip Chytil collided with a teammate and did not return for the third period. Struggling center Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers.

There was no update on the condition of New York Rangers center Filip Chytil on Friday, one day after he left a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks with an upper-body injury following a collision with teammate K’Andre Miller.

The New York Rangers picked up an important win Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, 3-2 over the San Jose […]