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At the time of the break, Mika Zibanejad had just started to turn around his season.<\/p>\n
His strong play continued with Sweden in the 4 Nations Face-Off \u2014 in which he centered their top line and scored a goal in two games before missing his country\u2019s final match due to an illness.<\/p>\n
With the Rangers embarking on a 27-game quest to climb into the playoff standings when their season resumes Saturday against the Sabres, Zibanejad expressed a desire to build on his promising stretch from before the NHL\u2019s pause and his cameos with Sweden \u2014 and he will remain at the crux of the Blueshirts saving their season. <\/p>\n
In his final 19 games before the break, Zibanejad collected 16 points and benefitted from time on the wing alongside J.T. Miller and Artemi Panarin.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, got some energy coming from [4 Nations], and I think the way I\u2019ve been playing before the tournament and then the way I played in the tournament \u2014 the two games I\u2019ve played \u2014 was good,\u201d Zibanejad said after the Blueshirts practiced Friday in Tarrytown.<\/p>\n
The experience representing Sweden \u2014 his first time on the best-on-best international stage \u2014 doesn\u2019t compare \u201cto anything,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The 4 Nations tournament energized Zibanejad and added to his excitement about potentially skating for Sweden in the Winter Olympics next year. <\/p>\n
He even added a goal during their second game, stepping into a loose puck in the slot after a Finland turnover.<\/p>\n
The last six weeks have been dotted with strides for Zibanejad, but the first three months of the 31-year-old\u2019s campaign were filled with struggles. <\/p>\n
Zibanejad opened 2025 with a six-game point streak, though, and he added two goals and eight points across the Rangers\u2019 last five games before the break. <\/p>\n
He spent time both on the wing and at center, and the Panarin-Miller-Zibanejad trio will serve as an option for head coach Peter Laviolette to consider keeping intact across the final stage of the regular season.<\/p>\n
Zibanejad\u2019s ability to play both positions gives the Rangers options, too, Laviolette said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d certainly like to see him pick up where he left off,\u201d Laviolette said Friday. \u201cHe played well in the tournament, and he was certainly playing well for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the Rangers sent defenseman Zac Jones to AHL Hartford on Thursday on a conditioning assignment and recalled defenseman Matthew Robertson, Laviolette said that \u201cit\u2019s a good thing\u201d for Jones to play games and log consistent ice time \u2014 which he hasn\u2019t been able to do with the Rangers this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted to go as well,\u201d Laviolette said, \u201cand I think that that\u2019s a good thing he\u2019s going to get an opportunity to go down and play some games. \u2026 At some point, you just want to play and so it\u2019s a good opportunity for him to go down and get some minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones, the Blueshirts\u2019 third-round pick in 2019, told The Post\u2019s Larry Brooks in January that getting scratched over and over again \u201cf\u2013king sucks\u201d and that he feels as if he\u2019s \u201crotting away a little bit.\u201d <\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t play in 19 consecutive games between Dec. 23 and Feb. 5. <\/p>\n
But for the next two weeks, he\u2019ll get a chance to rediscover a rhythm with the Wolf Pack.<\/p>\n
The Rangers have collected at least a point in six of their last seven road games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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