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Rangers sit Sean Durzi against Oilers with undisclosed injury causing blue-line shakeup

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Walker, M. (2026, November 2). Rangers sit Sean Durzi against Oilers with undisclosed injury causing blue-line shakeup. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/sports/rangers-sit-sean-durzi-against-oilers-with-undisclosed-injury-causing-blue-line-shakeup/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-02 · by Mollie Walker

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Sean Durzi was sidelined due to an undisclosed injury for the New York Rangers' game against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, resulting in a lineup change where Braden Schneider played alongside Marcus Pettersson, and Scott Morrow made his season debut on the third pair with Alberts Smits. The 24-year-old Morrow expressed gratitude for the opportunity despite being a healthy scratch for 14 games, noting he aims to capitalize on any chance given by the coaching staff.
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The New York Rangers placed defenseman Sean Durzi on the sidelines due to an undisclosed injury for their November 2 match against the Edmonton Oilers at Madison Square Garden, resulting in a 4-1 loss. Head coach Mike Sullivan had to shuffle his defense pairs; Braden Schneider moved up from the third pair to play alongside Marcus Pettersson, while Scott Morrow was called upon to fill Durzi's spot on the right side of the third pair with Alberts Smits for his first appearance in a game this season. This change marks the first adjustment to the Rangers' defense lineups since the start of the season. Durzi had been a consistent presence on the ice, having played in all 14 previous games alongside Pettersson as part of Drury's plan to revamp the team’s blue line during the offseason.

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🔮 Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.”
🔮 The Rangers might have started putting the puck on net more as the game went on, but it was hardly enough to combat the Oilers’ consistent level of play.
🔮 And when the Rangers finally started to catch some momentum following J.T. Miller’s fourth goal of the season, Reimer couldn’t track a one-timer from Drew Doughty at the top of the zone and his team lost any push it had just as quickly as it started.
🔮 If a certain percentage of the ones that hit the posts have gone in the net, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
🔮 The Rangers struggled mightily with clearing the puck and breaking it out of their zone, which led to Batherson’s second of the game less than two minutes into the second period.
2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Rangers outgunned by Senators after another slow start
🔮 tRY IT NOWThe adjustment to having three lefties (Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller) and two righties (Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad), as opposed to the four-righty alignment they’ve deployed the last seven seasons, is apparently more significant than one would expect.
🔮 With effective spurts that haven’t always been enough to demand results, the second line hopes that staying the course will pay off.
🔮 Teams will have to face Igor Shesterkin (when he returns from injury next season), Ilya Sorokin and Hellebuyck during the New York-New Jersey swing.
🔮 In his sixth consecutive start, rookie netminder Dylan Garand struggled mightily with rebound control.
🔮 “As soon as I stepped on the ice, I could feel the energy.
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had skated in all of the previous 14 games on the right side of the Blueshirts’ second pair alongside Marcus Pettersson, who was also traded to New York this past offseason in president and general manager Chris Drury’s attempt to restructure the team’s blue line.
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🔮 Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.”

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After a series of “maintenance days” with an undisclosed injury, Sean Durzi was sidelined for the Rangers’ 4-1 loss to the Oilers Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. asserted
Durzi → sideline → Garden
As a result, head coach Mike Sullivan was forced to change up his defense pairs for the first time this season. asserted
Sullivan → force → time
had skated in all of the previous 14 games on the right side of the Blueshirts’ second pair alongside Marcus Pettersson, who was also traded to New York this past offseason in president and general manager Chris Drury’s attempt to restructure the team’s blue line. asserted
who → skate → line
With Durzi unavailable, Braden Schneider was promoted from the third pair to skate next to Pettersson. asserted
Schneider → promote → Pettersson
On his 24th birthday Sunday, Scott Morrow drew into the Rangers lineup for the first time this season to fill in on the right side of the third pair with Alberts Smits. asserted
Morrow → draw → Smits
After making the season-opening roster out of training camp, Morrow had served as a healthy scratch for the previous 14 games. asserted
Morrow → make → games
“Just view myself as being ready to go,” Morrow told The Post on Sunday morning before logging 15:02 of ice time and recording an assist on the Rangers’ lone goal. asserted
Morrow → view → goal
“I’m in good physical condition and just excited to get in there.” asserted
I → ’m → condition
Asked if there was any frustration with his extended time in the press box, Morrow said he understood the situation. asserted
he → ask → situation
He pointed to the faith the Rangers showed in him by putting him on the roster out of training camp, and he expressed a desire to reward the organization’s belief in him when he gets the chance. asserted
he → point → chance
“Just got to have patience and know that whenever an opportunity comes you just got to be ready to take advantage of it,” he said. asserted
he → got → it
“I’m here for a reason. asserted
I → ’m → reason
It’s going to happen at some point, so just got to stay ready. asserted
It → go → point
Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.” asserted
things → stress → picture
Head coach Mike Sullivan acknowledged Durzi was working through some sort of injury the past couple of weeks. asserted
Durzi → acknowledge → weeks
The Rangers haven’t labeled his injury as lower body or upper body yet. asserted
Rangers → label → body
In the 5-2 win over the Ducks, however, Durzi took a puck off the hand while trying to block a shot. asserted
Durzi → take → shot
The 28-year-old Durzi has collected two goals and three assists through his first 14 games as a Ranger. asserted
Durzi → collect → Ranger
Dylan Garand stopped 21 of the 24 shots he faced in his 10th consecutive appearance in net for the Rangers, dating to when the rookie goalie relieved Igor Shesterkin following his season-ending injury against the Capitals. asserted
goalie → stop → Capitals
The Rangers registered a single-game season-high faceoff win percentage of 64 against Edmonton on Sunday night. asserted
Rangers → register → night
Will Cuylle (2-for-2) and Luke Glendening (5-for-5) led the way, and Noah Laba (7-for-10), Mika Zibanejad (8-for-13) and J.T. Miller (10-for-19) rounded out the Rangers’ most effective draw takers. asserted
Laba → lead → takers
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