The Columbus Blue Jackets will be the more rested team when they attempt to end a five-game losing streak on Tuesday in a matchup with the visiting Anaheim Ducks.

Franchise icon Chris Kreider and former captain Jacob Trouba returned to Madison Square Garden Monday for the first time since both were traded to Anaheim, but Rangers center Mika Zibanejad, Kreider’s closest friend on the team, wasn’t in the lineup to face them, having been suspended for disciplinary reasons.

Gauthier scores the go-ahead goal six minutes into the third period and adds an empty-netter, Lukas Dostal stops 26 shots, and the Ducks earn a 4-1 win as Jacob Trouba and Chris Kreider return to

Free-agent signing Vladislav Gavrikov has been playing some of the best hockey of his NHL career even with regular Rangers partner Adam Fox sidelined.