"Ryan McDonagh may have escaped with his brain, shoulder, collarbone and neck all intact after being run recklessly into the wall from behind by Andrew Ference in overtime of Saturday's Battle of Boston, with early signals emerging that one of the Rangers' signal defenseman was more battered than injured in the aftermath of the incident.

Regardless, the loss of McDonagh for even the shortest-term 3:06 of overtime before Marian Gaborik's magic stick lifted his team to a 3-2 victory, served as an SOS to general manager Glen Sather to find a defenseman for the post All-Star meat-grinder in which the Rangers will play their final 35 games in 68 days."