Gerard Gallant receives reports every day from the analytics department. The Rangers head coach even reads them and surely respects the work that goes into compiling them.

But at the end of the day, a set of data may inform the coach and his staff, but it will not be determinative if the gut and feel conflict with the numbers.

“You get support from [reports],” Gallant said hours before the Rangers wrapped up the pre-All-Star-break portion of the season on Friday. “You look at it, you read it. If it’s good, you use it. If it’s not, you go with what you want to go with. I’m not going to change.”

Gallant is an old-school guy who has been at it since his first job behind the bench of his hometown Summerside (PEI) Capitals of the Maritime Junior Hockey League in 1995-96. If a player passes his eye test, he is not likely to defer to reports that might indicate otherwise.