Rangers' Trouba considered day-to-day after collision with Perry

New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba is day-to-day after suffering an upper-body injury on Wednesday night, head coach Gerard Gallant announced, per The Athletic's Arthur Staple.

The defenseman will travel with the team to St. Louis, where the Rangers will take on the Blues on Thursday.

Trouba went down the tunnel after colliding with Tampa Bay Lightning forward Corey Perry in the first period of the Blueshirts' 6-3 victory. Trouba was playing the puck and took a hard fall, with the side of his face appearing to take the brunt of the impact.

Trouba has left the game after awkwardly falling following a collision with Perry. pic.twitter.com/Y97LyAMUGQ

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The Rangers ruled out Trouba for the remainder of the matchup soon after he exited.

He saw just 2:41 of ice time in the contest prior to his departure.

The Rangers entered the game with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Blue-liner Ryan Lindgren slotted back into the lineup after missing 17 of New York's last 18 games with an upper-body ailment.

Forward Patrick Kane sat out the contest with a lower-body injury, but Gallant said the team was just being overly cautious with the veteran, per NHL.com's Dan Rosen.

Trouba, 29, has eight goals and 22 helpers in 78 games so far this season.

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