During a New York Rangers game, Chris Kreider was hit up high by a slap shot from teammate Mika Zibanejad, causing immediate and clear distress. Kreider was seen writhing in pain on the bench, fell off the bench due to its breakage, and was attended to by multiple trainers and teammates. Despite the painful incident and being hit in the chest/arm, Kreider attempted to continue playing, taking another shift before ultimately heading to the dressing room. However, Kreider's resilience was highlighted as he returned to the bench shortly thereafter, signaling a potential avoidance of a catastrophic injury for the Rangers.
Chris Kreider has returned to the bench. So while this period has been pretty disastrous for the #NYR on the ice, it appears they avoided catastrophe injury-wise.
Meanwhile, Kreider is back on the #NYR bench.
Kreider is back on the bench for #NYR
Kreider has returned from the #NYR room
Kreider in the #NYR room now
Kreider took a shift after this but then went to the dressing room. https://t.co/6vTJauTADH
Chris Kreider took a shift and then headed to the #NYR locker room
#NYR with 12 on the bench. Kreider did take another shift. Guess it did not feel good.
One shift after taking the Zibanejad shot off chest/arm and Kreider is going down the tunnel. #NYR #Isles
After one shift after taking the Zibanejad shot off chest/arm, Kreider is going down the tunnel. #NYR #Isels
Back on the ice. https://t.co/IulWv1ZQC9
Kreider is on the ice for his next shift. #HockeyGuy #NYR https://t.co/pHJpSxfCGm
Mika shot hit Kreider up high. He stayed on the bench. #NYR https://t.co/bKKLGJnIHe
Kreider remains on the bench. #Isles #NYR
Kreider sitting on the bench now, attended to by #NYR trainer
Chris Kreider got hit with a Mika Zibanejad slap shot and is in a lot of pain on the bench. The bench seemed to have broken in the process, so he fell backward off that, too. The trainer is still looking at him.
Chris Kreider got hit with a shot and looks to be in some discomfort on the #NYR bench. Looked like he slid off the bench for a second, but it appears the bench broke lol
Kreider takes a Zibanejad shot in the chest, and he just falls down on the bench while getting looked at by trainer. He seems to be okay. #NYR #Isles
Zibanejad with a big slap shot that hit Kreider up high. He just went to the bench and fell to the ground, writhing in pain. He has multiple trainers and teammates attending to him, but doesn't appear to be heading to the locker room. #NYR
Kreider hurting badly on Rangers' bench after being struck by Zibanejad blast at crease.
Zibanejad with a one-timer that catches Kreider flush. He gets to the bench but falls off the bench in some clear distress
This isn't the start you're looking for #NYR