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Rangers center Vincent Trocheck reportedly broke his finger Monday during Team USA’s loss to Sweden in the 4 Nations Face-Off.

He still played Thursday during their overtime loss to Canada in the championship, and there’s an expectation he will play Saturday in Buffalo, according to The Post’s Mollie Walker.

A source said that there’s no concern about Trocheck missing time with the Blueshirts.

That doesn’t mean playing through the broken finger, reported by The Athletic, won’t have ramifications for Trocheck, but the Rangers seemingly have avoided the worst as their regular season resumes against the Sabres and head coach Peter Laviolette slides his four Team USA players — Trocheck, Chris Kreider, J.T. Miller and Adam Fox — back into the lineup without any practice time.

Laviolette expected all four players to be available — they didn’t practice Friday and, instead, met the team in Buffalo — and didn’t expect any ice time restrictions.

The coach declined to comment when asked specifically about Trocheck’s finger.

“As far as Vince goes, he hasn’t missed any games, so we have nothing to report,” Laviolette said.

Trocheck appeared to hurt his right hand on his final shift of the first period against Sweden and went down the tunnel before returning for the second.

He finished with 10:48 of ice time, told The Post afterward that he was alright and logged another 10:03 against Canada — attempting a shot, blocking another and getting called for a tripping penalty — while skating on the fourth line with Kreider and Brock Nelson.

The 31-year-old hasn’t missed a game since inking a seven-year deal with the Rangers ahead of the 2022-23 campaign, and he has collected 38 points in 55 games this year after setting a career-high with 77 points last year.

But the finger still becomes a hurdle for the Rangers to navigate as they get set for a 27-game sprint to turn a mostly disappointing campaign into one that still reaches the postseason — with the trade deadline looming March 7 as the final chance to either add or sell.

The Blueshirts sit three points behind the Red Wings for the final wild-card spot and 10 points behind the Devils for the Metropolitan Division’s final berth, but they’re forced to open with a back-to-back on the road in Buffalo and Pittsburgh.

Mika Zibanejad returned to practice Friday after skating on his own Thursday, and defenseman Urho Vaakanainen has been back, too, after the pair played for Sweden and Finland, respectively.

The Rangers are also expected to get goaltender Igor Shesterkin back after he suffered an upper-body injury ahead of the break.

And after four consecutive days of practice, the rest of the Blueshirts will have the chance to skate in a game for the first time since a 4-3 win over the Blue Jackets on Feb. 8 — which gave them three wins in four games.

On paper, they’ve survived the 4 Nations tournament. They’ve survived Shesterkin’s second injury absence of the season. They’ve survived other injuries — Ryan Lindgren, Kreider — from earlier this campaign, too.

A Trocheck absence would’ve been devastating.

He helped make up a major part of the Rangers’ most productive line last year alongside Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafrenière.

While that remained the case to start the 2024-25 campaign, recent shuffling by Laviolette led to him centering different groups. But Trocheck has remained entrenched on their second line as a critical piece of their present and future.

It’s unclear how the adjustment will go for the rest of the Rangers’ Team USA players after a draining tournament and a draining final during what would’ve normally been an All-Star break.

Fox logged more than 67 minutes of ice time during the tournament, the most among the Rangers’ skaters, while Miller topped 66 minutes. Trocheck collected over 40.

At least for now, they’ve avoided an injury nightmare.