Zibanejad was back on the bench at the end of Tuesday's game, which was good news, after he'd been forced to leave the game following a collision with Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech midway through the third period.
Laviolette was livid after the game, and accused Pelech of a 'vicious shoulder/elbow to the head' of Zibanejad. The coach also called Noah Dobson's unpenalized hit from behind that drove Vincent Trocheck into the end boards in the final minute 'vicious.'
So Rempe, the 6-8, 245-pound fighter, likely will be in the lineup Saturday to extract some kind of retribution for those two hits.
Zibanejad is the Rangers' No. 1 center, and does so many things for the club that he would be impossible to replace. He has 26 goals and 69 points this season, with three game-winning goals, two of them in overtime.
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