Marty St. Louis would chafe at the suggestion a couple of weeks of rest might prove beneficial for the 38-year-old winger before undertaking what the Rangers believe will be a two-month playoff marathon.

But a couple of weeks off it’s going to be for St. Louis in the wake of the right knee sprain he suffered as a result of an awkward entanglement with defenseman Dimitry Kulikov late in Sunday’s 2-1 victory over the Panthers at the Garden.

Not only could this be a blessing for St. Louis, whose 20 goals are second on the Blueshirts behind Rick Nash’s 39, but it will allow coach Alain Vigneault to experiment with different looks leading into the tournament. St. Louis, likely to miss seven or eight games, has not played fewer than 77 games in a full season since 2001-02, when a broken leg limited him to 53 games.

The Blueshirts do not plan to recall a forward from the AHL Wolf Pack for Wednesday night’s game at the Garden against the Blackhawks. Instead, Tanner Glass, who missed Sunday’s game with what was described as “upper body soreness” in the aftermath of his fight with Nicolas Deslauriers in Buffalo on Saturday, will return to the lineup and the fourth line.

There is no truth to a report the Rangers have established next Tuesday’s game at the Garden against the Kings as the target date for Henrik Lundqvist’s return. Lundqvist, whose recovery from his vascular injury is being monitored by a battery of physicians, has not yet been medically cleared to practice with the team. Coach Alain Vigneault said on Sunday that he expects that The King, who has been sidelined for six weeks and 20 games, should be good to go in a game relatively soon after he rejoins full team practiced.

Vigneault could move J.T. Miller from third line right wing up into St. Louis’ spot with Derek Stepan and Chris Kreider while shifting either Jesper Fast or James Sheppard into Miller’s vacated position on the unit with Kevin Hayes and Chris Hagelin.

Or, if the coach would like to get a look at Hayes on the right side, he could move the rookie into St. Louis’ spot while shifting Sheppard, a natural center, into the middle on the third line.

The Rangers have used two of their allotted four post-deadline recalls with paper moves on Miller and Fast that would allow the young forwards to play in Hartford during the AHL playoffs if that option is open and favored by management.