Rangers’ J.T. Miller out week-to-week with upper-body injury
The New York Rangers will be without their captain for a little while.
#NYR captain J.T. Miller is week to week with an upper-body injury. Word is his candidacy for Olympics will not be affected by this injury.
J.T. Miller did not travel with the team for their game Sunday against the Nashville Predators after suffering an upper-body injury in New York’s 5-4 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Now, reports say Miller will be out week-to-week, but his injury should not impact his chances of making the U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Miller left Saturday’s game early after getting checked heavily by Philadelphia’s Nick Seeler in the neutral zone.
Here’s what happened to J.T. Miller. ⬇️ #NYR
Now he heads down the tunnel to #NYR locker room...
Miller, 32, has 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points in 35 games this season.
The Rangers acquired Miller partway through last season from the Vancouver Canucks, in exchange for forward Filip Chytil, defenseman Victor Mancini, and a first-round pick. In 32 games with New York last season following the trade, he had 13 goals and 22 assists for 35 points.
The East Palestine, Ohio native was initially drafted by the Rangers 15th overall in 2011, and spent the first five-plus years of his career with them before being traded in February of 2018 along with defenseman Ryan McDonagh to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a package of players and draft picks.
After a year-plus in Tampa Bay, Miller was traded ahead of the 2019-20 season to the Canucks for goaltender Marek Mazanec, a third-round pick, and a conditional first-round pick. In Vancouver, Miller developed into a high-end two-way forward. His career season came in 2023-24, when he put up 37 goals and 66 assists for 103 points in 81 games, and finished 15th in voting for the Selke Trophy. After five-plus years with the Canucks, Miller was dealt back to the Rangers.
Miller hopes this injury isn’t serious, not only for the sake of his season in New York, but also because he doesn’t want to jeopardize his chances of making the United States’ men’s hockey team for the upcoming 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.