Rangers' Brendan Lemieux: Expected to play through injury

Lemieux (lower body) was held out of practice Wednesday, but coach David Quinn believes he'll be able to play Friday in Pittsburgh, Rick Carpiniello of The Athletic reports.

Lemieux had a sequence in Tuesday's game against the Devils in which he blocked a shot, crawled back into the play and blocked another shot. There's a good chance he sustained the lower-body injury during that play, but he was able to finish that game and should be able to give it a go when the Blueshirts next take the ice Friday.