Mika Zibanejad ran the point for most of the time at Thursday's practice, though Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere rotated through at times.

The loss of Adam Fox naturally impacts the look of several parts of the Rangers’ game, but the power play in particular could be uniquely affected.

Zac Jones is poised to step back into the Blueshirts' lineup, which will feature reshuffled D pairs and maybe even a five-forward power play.

It also whetted his appetite for more best-on-best hockey. Miro Heiskanen, Rasmus Ristolainen and Jani Hakanpää all missed the 4 Nations to injury, so competition for the Finnish Olympic roster will be more fierce. Vaakanainen acquitted himself well enough to at least be on the bubble, though.

Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOW Rangers center Vincent Trocheck broke his finger Monday night during Team USA’s 4 Nations Face-Off game against Sweden,

It started with an awkward fall. Now, the New York Rangers will have to embark on a crucial part of their season without their No. 1 defenseman. Adam Fox was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with an upper-body injury,

Rangers center Vincent Trocheck reportedly broke ... Laviolette slides his four Team USA players — Trocheck, Chris Kreider, J.T. Miller and Adam Fox — back into the lineup without any practice ...