He missed the Rangers’ win against the Blackhawks on Sunday, and he has collected just 13 goals and 15 points this season.
The Rangers returned to full strength in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Avalanche on Tuesday night at Ball Arena.
Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club
But coach Peter Laviolette wasn't ready or willing to confirm if either player would be in the lineup on Tuesday night.
Both Chris Kreider and Filip Chytil are traveling with the New York Rangers on their upcoming road trip according to Arthur Staple of The Athletic. Hearing that Chris Kreider and Filip Chytil are traveling with #NYR today.
Chris Kreider has been activated from injured reserve according to the NHL media site as he gears up to return on Tuesday night against the Colorado Avalanche This comes after Kreider missed the past four games with an upper-body injury.
Kreider scored a goal on two shots and went plus-2 in Thursday's 5-3 win over Utah.
Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,
In the Rangers' 5-4 overtime loss to Dallas on Tuesday, he scored two goals, both on tips of shots from the blue line.
In his second game back from an upper-body injury, Chris Kreider seems to have captured his usual role back with the New York Rangers. When Kreider returned to the lineup after missing four games, Peter Laviolette stuck the veteran forward on the second power play unit,
Kreider (upper body) has been removed from injured reserve ahead of Tuesday's clash with Colorado, per the NHL media site.