New York Rangers make a surprising decision with their veteran forward as it seems like it was only a one-time thing to healthy scratch Chris Kreider. In Chris Kreider's first game back after being benched he managed to record 18:39 minutes of ice time,

The Chris Kreider move is the latest as the New York Rangers try to end their slump. Follow this tracker for the latest NHL news.

The New York Rangers fueled speculation as they scratched Chris Kreider from the lineup against their Hudson River rivals, the New Jersey Devils. Kreider was asked about it Friday by Newsday's Colin Stephenson.

Chris Kreider, a healthy scratch for the first time since John Tortorella’s reign behind the bench ended following 2012-13, is no victim.

What exactly does this mean for his future in New York? Rangers general manager Chris Drury sent a league-wide memo a couple of weeks ago, specifically mentioning Kreider as a pla

That hadn’t been the case recently, though, at least not to most folks’ memory. Not until Peter Laviolette left the 33-year-old Kreider out of the lineup that faced the Devils on Monday, in the Rangers’ final game before the NHL’s holiday break.

Chris Kreider, the longest-tenured player on the New York Rangers, was a healthy scratch Monday against the New Jersey Devils. The move, while aimed at shaking the lineup to try and provide it with another spark, was made by head coach Peter Laviolette but backfired massively as the Rangers fell 5-0 at the Prudential Center.

Chris Kreider handled getting scratched out of the lineup in a mature manner. Chris Kreider finally got the opportunity to speak out about getting scratched from the lineup during the New York Rangers ’ Monday afternoon matchup against the New Jersey Devils.

Day after day, the severity of their situation seemingly does nothing but weigh the Rangers down. Monday afternoon’s 5-0 disaster against the Devils at Prudential Center was no outlier.

His natural hat trick in the third period gave the Blueshirts an improbable Game 6 win at Carolina to advance to the Eastern Conference Final.

After a few days off for the holiday break, the Rangers are back in action Saturday. Returning too are the questions surrounding the team.

New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider was a healthy scratch against the New Jersey Devils for the first time this season