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,

Chris Kreider may end up missing more than just Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh with his upper-body injury, as the Rangers recalled Brennan Othmann on Monday from their AHL Hartford affiliate in advance of Tuesday’s game against the Islanders.