Rangers’ bottom-six excelling without Barclay Goodrow in the mix

You may need a reminder on this as Barclay Goodrow made his return to the Garden on Thursday as a member of the Sharks, but the Rangers’ bottom-six was a mess at this point last season when No. 21 was in the middle of it all.

Or was that the wing? 

No, the middle. 

Filip Chytil, who had opened 2023-24 centering Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere on the second line, had gone down for the count on Nov. 2. That meant that Vincent Trocheck, who had been centering the third line, moved up in what proved to be a serendipitous development.