The Rangers went into the third period of a tied game against the Hurricanes on Thursday without two key players, Adam Fox and Filip Chytil, but the club still managed to extend its win streak to six contests.

Both players will be evaluated further on Friday before the team departs for Minnesota, according to head coach Peter Laviolette.

Fox exited the Rangers’ 2-1 win over the Hurricanes in the first period and didn’t return after sustaining a lower-body injury in a knee-on-knee collision with Carolina forward Sebastian Aho.

The Rangers’ star defenseman appeared to get clipped in the offensive zone and definitely took the brunt of it.

While Aho popped back up, Fox stayed down for a bit and was slow to get up before heading to the bench.

Laviolette said he didn’t like the hit on Fox and that it looked like Fox was trying to get out of the way.

“I’ve got to fight every time I do something, so I figure [Aho] should probably have to answer for it too, but he didn’t feel that way,” Rangers captain Jacob Trouba quipped after the game.

Fox, who is in his fifth season with the Rangers, has three goals and eight assists for 11 points in nine games this season. The 2021 Norris Trophy winner’s three power-play goals are a career-high.

Defenseman Erik Gustafsson replaced Fox on the first power-play unit, which went 1-for-5 in the win, but wasn’t able to produce after losing the Harvard product.

“Guys are going to have to step up,” Trouba said. “If he’s out any period of time, he’s obviously a huge player in this league, huge player for our team and it’ll be on guys to step up.”

Chytil, who the Rangers say sustained an upper-body injury, left the game with 6:34 remaining in the second period.

It is unclear when exactly he was hurt, but he did absorb a collision with former Ranger Jesper Fast at one point in the opening frame.

The Rangers’ lineup was forcibly jumbled after losing Fox and Chytil, but the team managed to generate a push in the third period that led to Will Cuylle’s game-winner at 10:21 of the frame.

“We obviously talked about that in the second intermission,” Cuylle said of losing two players. “Just focus on one period, winning one period and really coming out and playing as hard as we could. It wasn’t a perfect period and they had lots of chances, but good teams find a way to win and we found a way to win so it was huge.”

Artemi Panarin skated in his 600th career NHL game on Thursday.

The Rangers are off on Friday as they venture to Minnesota, where they face the Wild on Saturday.