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tRY IT NOWJ.T. Miller suffered a noncontact injury at MSG Training Center on Monday and was not able to finish practice.
The Rangers captain appeared to strain either a groin or a hamstring as he attempted to whack a puck out of the zone while falling to his knees on the ice. He stayed down for some time before gingerly skating off, hunched over in apparent pain, to the locker room.
Since he was being tended to by trainers after practice, Miller was not made available to the media.
Word is Miller is OK, and there is a good chance he practices Tuesday. If not, Miller would be classified as day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
“He’s being evaluated,” head coach Mike Sullivan said after morning skate out on Long Island, ahead of the exhibition matchup with the Islanders at UBS Arena on Monday night.
J.T. Miller, seen here in action against the Islanders on Sept. 25, 2025, left Monday’s Rangers practice with a non-contact injury. JASON SZENES/ NY POST
Prior to last season, Miller missed only one or two games in each of the three campaigns from 2021 to 2024.
He missed 10 games in 2024-25 while in Vancouver due to the leave of absence he took from the team in November, which was for “personal reasons” amid an ongoing feud with Canucks teammate Elias Pettersson.
Miller, who returned to New York in a Jan. 31 trade, was named captain of the Blueshirts days before training camp.
After spending the first six seasons of his NHL career with the Rangers, Miller was brought back to serve in a critical long-term leadership role.
The Rangers cut the roster to 41 ahead of their fourth exhibition game Monday. Jaroslav Chmelar, Jackson Dorrington, Case McCarthy, Adam Sykora and Kalle Vaisanen were assigned to the Wolf Pack’s training camp in Hartford. Additionally, defenseman Andrej Sustr was released from his professional tryout.
Sam Carrick is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and was pulled from Monday’s exhibition lineup for precautionary reasons. As a result, Carey Terrance drew in against the Islanders.
The Rangers also put Anton Blidh, Justin Dowling, Trey Fix-Wolansky and Derrick Pouliot on waivers.\
