Goalie Adam Huska’s NHL debut Wednesday night in a 7-3 loss to the Avalanche likely didn’t go how he imagined it would.

It was a daunting situation for Huska, who was called up from AHL Hartford this past weekend to serve as backup to Alexandar Georgiev in wake of starter Igor Shesterkin landing on injured reserve with an undisclosed lower-body injury. After traveling to Chicago to sit on the bench in the Rangers’ 6-2 win on Tuesday, Huska and the rest of the team didn’t arrive home until 3 a.m.

Huska then had to face one of the highest-scoring NHL teams in the Avalanche, who ultimately lit him up for six goals — which is tied for the most goals the Rangers have given up this season.

“He was great in the first,” Gallant said of Huska, who finished with 32 saves. “I think they had [19] shots and he made some really key saves. But we lost as a team, definitely.”

The decision to go with Huska over Georgiev was made with the Rangers’ jam-packed schedule in mind. With Shesterkin unavailable, the Rangers are likely wary of burning Georgiev out too quickly. And after Georgiev started the previous two, the Rangers evidently wanted to give him the night off.

“Tough situation to come into on the back-to-back with travel,” defenseman Jacob Trouba said. “He made some good saves. We definitely left him out to dry a little bit and gave up a couple too many quality scoring chances. But he’s got a bright future, you can tell he’s a good goaltender, he handled it well.”

Nils Lundkvist wristed the puck top-shelf at 18:15 of the first period for a power-play goal that gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead. It was the rookie defenseman’s first NHL goal and he celebrated as such, kneeling down to celebrate with a fist pump before falling over out of pure elation.

The power-play goal marked the Rangers’ fifth-straight game with a man-advantage tally and improved the team to 18-for-75 on the season, which is good for the ninth-best rate in the NHL.

Blackhawks winger Jujhar Khaira, who was knocked out cold by Trouba and had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher in Tuesday’s matchup in Chicago, was released from Northwestern Hospital early Wednesday morning “after extensive testing,” the team announced.

“Despite the significant injury, his prognosis is excellent, and we expect a full recovery,” Blackhawks head team physician Michael Terry said in a statement. “At this point, it is too early to put a timeline on return to play.”

Trouba said he and Khaira exchanged text messages afterward, and Khaira informed him that he was doing OK. The Rangers’ defenseman acknowledged that it was an unfortunate situation and that he hopes Khaira recovers quickly.

“It’s a fast-paced game,” Trouba said. “It’s easy to slow down and let your brain think when it’s going half speed, but you’re in the middle of the game and I don’t think it was malicious. I don’t think I jumped. I stayed on my feet, tried to tuck my shoulder and put it in their chest.”