Rangers F Filip Chytil skates ahead of Game 5
Oct 30, 2023; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN;New York Rangers center Filip Chytil (72) warms up before a game against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil participated in Monday's morning skate ahead of Game 5 against the Carolina Hurricanes after missing the previous game with an illness.
Also, forward Blake Wheeler was a full-contact participant for the first time Monday morning.
Chytil, 24, returned to the ice following a six-month absence due to an upper-body injury and logged 12:02 of ice time in New York's 3-2 overtime victory on Thursday in Game 3.
Wheeler, 37, suffered a leg injury in February and missed the rest of the regular season.
The Rangers hold a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference second-round series heading into Monday night's game at Madison Square Garden.
--Field Level Media