recent attempts at operating with five forwards<\/a> during man advantages backfired, Morrow slid into the spot at the point and impressed head coach Mike Sullivan in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\u201cI did,\u201d Sullivan said Thursday when asked if he liked what he saw from Morrow on the power play. \u201cI thought he made some real good decisions up there. I thought when there were opportunities to put the puck on the net, he was willing to shoot the puck. I thought he did a real good job managing the puck up there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, it didn\u2019t lead to a goal. The Rangers\u2019 second unit produced a tally at the end of the power play Thursday, but the top group has still remained silent at five-on-four since Nov. 28 against the Bruins. <\/p>\n
Their strength year after year after year has failed to materialize through at least the opening portion of the 2025-26 campaign, and Fox\u2019s injury one day after the Boston win didn\u2019t help, either.<\/p>\n
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Scott Morrow of the New York Rangers races Pius Suter of the St. Louis Blues to the puck in the third period at Enterprise Center on December 18, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. Getty Images<\/p>\n
But for one night, Morrow provided a glimpse of what he could contribute if given an extended look on the top unit until Fox returns. <\/p>\n
He impressed during training camp but couldn\u2019t snag one of the final spots on the Rangers\u2019 blue line, with the second-round pick in 2021 \u2014 acquired from the Hurricanes in the deal that sent K\u2019Andre Miller to Carolina \u2014 instead logging consistent time with Hartford before getting his first chance in mid-November.<\/p>\n
A cameo has transformed into an 11-game stint for Morrow, though that could change as early as Dec. 27 when Fox is eligible to return. <\/p>\n
He skated with the Rangers for the first time since the injury Tuesday during their morning skate while wearing a red noncontact jersey. When Fox returns, the Rangers will again be forced to adjust their blue line. When Panarin returns, the Blueshirts will again be forced to adjust their power play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But Morrow\u2019s continued auditions \u2014 first with a defensive pairing, then finally with the top power-play unit \u2014 have served as his chance to carve out a role beyond when they arrive at those junctures.<\/p>\n
In his first game back since another call-up from AHL Hartford, as he looks to finally stick with the Rangers, Brennan Othmann collected a shot on goal, two hits, a blocked shot and two penalty minutes on the fourth line.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI didn\u2019t mind Otter at all,\u201d Sullivan said Thursday. \u201cI thought he played a north-south game, and when he plays with those two guys, that\u2019s a pretty good energy line. He can skate. He\u2019s got a little edge to him. He has a little rat in his game when he wants to play that way. He can get under people\u2019s skin. I thought he brought us some energy tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rangers lead the NHL with 13 road wins this season and are tied for first in the league with 27 road points \u2014 compared to just four and 11 at the Garden this season, respectively. \u2026 The NHL\u2019s roster freeze went into effect at midnight, meaning that no player can be traded or waived Dec. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a way, it turned into an audition of sorts for Scott Morrow. Adam Fox, always the quarterback…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":459905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[66394,1302,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-459904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-adam-fox","9":"tag-new-york-rangers","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115751640172973090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}