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| Dan Girardi participates in the Rangers morning practice on Monday, April 11, 2016. (@NYRangers) |
Both defenseman practiced on Monday, and it seemed as if Girardi was recovering from his injury rather quickly.
Athough both players practiced, both left the ice before the formal practice begun.
"[McDonagh] is definitely not going to start (the series)," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said after practice Monday. "He is day-to-day."
McDonagh did skating drills, but never took shots before practice while wearing a no-contact jersey.
"We obviously want him back as soon as we can," defenseman Marc Staal said about McDonagh. "Anytime you are going into a game without your captain, you need other guys to step up and play well. That is what we will try to do."
Girardi skated before practice and was scheduled to skate after practice, according to Vigneault.
Forwards Eric Staal, Mats Zuccarello (lower body) and Viktor Stalberg (lower body) were full participants in practice Monday. Staal had a scary incident after colliding with his teammate Jesper Fast in the Rangers' regular season finale against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, while Zuccarelo and Stalerg missed the games with their respetive injuries.
"Everybody was there, everybody is good to go," Vigneault said.
Seguin's status for Game One still uncertain: Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin practiced Monday with his team, but his status for Game 1 in Round 1 against the MInnesota Wild is still uncertain.
Seguin practiced on Monday in a red no-contact jersey.
"It's not fully up to me, so I'm doing everything I can to be prepared and obviously I want to play," Seguin said.
Stars head coah Lindy Ruff is confident that Seguin can reach 100 percent good health.
"I think today was the next step," Ruff said. "I think when he can go 100 percent, go full out, we'll know where he's at. It might be tomorrow, it might be Wednesday, but today was a good step in the right direction for him."
Fleury practices with Penguins: Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury practiced Monday after recieving his second concussion of the season earlier in his 2015-16 campaign.
After the practice, Fleury said he felt good but was unable to say if he would be ready for Round One against the New York Rangers.
"I skated by myself the past few days, so it was good to get out there with the guys," Fleury said. "It's never easy to watch them … Just [taking it] one day at a time. It was my first practice."
Parise and Haula miss second consecutive practice: Minnesota Wild forwards Zach Parise and Erik Haula missed practice for the second consecutive day on Monday.
It is in doubt if both players will play in Round One against the Dallas Stars.
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