The entire Rangers coaching staff is in COVID-19 protocol and not available for Wednesday’s game against the Flyers, the team announced.
Hartford Wolf Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch head coach Gord Murphy and general manager Chris Drury will sit behind Rangers bench on Wednesday, with Rangers head coach David Quinn and assistant coaches Jacques Martin, David Oliver and Greg Brown .
Defender Adam Fox and forward Pavel Buchnevich will be back in the series after being removed from the COVID-19 protocol list.
Being on the COVID-19 protocol list does not necessarily mean a diagnosis for the virus.
The Rangers put Phil Di Giuseppe on the COVID-19 protocol list on Sunday, with Fox and Buchnevich following Monday, leading to all three being eliminated in the 5-4 overtime loss to Philadelphia.
Fox and Buchnevich being reinstated so quickly may indicate that both have registered false positive tests. Defender Tarmo Reunanen and forward Julien Gauthier are expected to be scratched.