{"id":40825,"date":"2019-01-30T09:56:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=40825"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:36:54","slug":"new-york-rangers-brett-howden-out-with-a-knee-sprain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/30\/new-york-rangers-brett-howden-out-with-a-knee-sprain\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Brett Howden Out with a Knee Sprain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> New York Rangers<\/a> announced that centre <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/howdebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Howden<\/a><\/strong> has left Tuesday&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> with a knee sprain and will be re-evaluated Wednesday. Rangers coach David Quinn said Howden could be &#8220;out for a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hear from Coach Quinn after the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> game after the break including an update on Howden. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m2vv7UZ6b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/m2vv7UZ6b5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1090460808243527685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/howdebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Howden<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p>There is was no clear play that Howden seemed to be favoring his knee. He played only six shifts with a little under five minutes\u00a0of ice time before leaving the game in the first period. He recorded three shots before leaving the game.<\/p>\n<p>In his rookie season with the Rangers, Howden has scored four goals and 11 assists for 15 points to go along with four minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 41.2 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -5.3 percent.\u00a0He was originally drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>, 27th overall in the 2016 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>The Rangers would love to have the rookie in the lineup but with the season they are having won&#8217;t take any chances. This injury also comes during a time where the he has been struggling.<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary native is in his rookie year in the NHL after spending last year with the Moose Jaw Warriors\u00a0of the WHL. In 49 games he had 24 goals and 51 assists for 75 points. Sadly for the Rangers, his scoring prowess in juniors hasn&#8217;t transferred over to the NHL yet. He has spent most of the season playing on the Rangers top six but hasn&#8217;t been performing as of late. He is 50% on draws this season but has struggled lately\u00a0in the circle.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buchnpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a><\/strong> will likely draw back into the lineup after being a healthy scratch in tonight&#8217;s game. Buchnevich is fourth on the Rangers with four of his nine goals coming on the powerplay this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/howden.jpg\" alt=\"\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; SEPTEMBER 19: Brett Howden #48 of the New York Rangers skates against the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden on September 19, 2018 in New York City. The Flyers defeated the Rangers 6-4. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Rangers announced that centre Brett Howden has left Tuesday&#8217;s game against the Philadelphia Flyers with a knee sprain and will be re-evaluated Wednesday. Rangers coach David Quinn said Howden could be &#8220;out for a while.&#8221; Hear from Coach Quinn after the first #NYR game after the break including an update on Howden. 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