Adam Edstrom had never actually dropped his gloves and fought someone in his entire hockey career — until Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
The 6-foot-7 rookie hadn’t even logged two minutes of ice time in the Rangers’ 6-5 overtime loss to Utah when he got caught in a scramble in front of the net.
Off a faceoff at center ice, Edstrom and the rest of the fourth line created an opportunity off the rush before it was swallowed up by Utah goalie Connor Ingram.
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