NEW YORK • With under 20 seconds to play in the first period Tuesday, Blues goaltender Jake Allen came up with a breakaway save on New York’s J.T. Miller. But the play did not end well for defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.

Pietrangelo, coming from an angle, tried to cut off Miller’s path to the net and his left leg collided with the left leg of the Rangers’ forward. Pietrangelo's skate also got held up by Allen's pads, perhaps adding to the pain. He laid on the ice briefly, then after the period skated off gingerly, accompanied by trainer Ray Barile.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” said Pietrangelo, who was the last to leave the locker room after receiving treatment and walked to the team bus with a limp.

Pietrangelo returned to the game for the start of the second period, but he was the last to come back to the ice. He finished the game but ended it with a season-low 21 minutes, 11 seconds of ice time.

TO THE RESCUE

Blues defenseman Colton Parayko has had a tough time keeping his sticks from snapping lately, but he hoped to have that issue solved Tuesday.

The equipment company Parayko uses, Warrior, rushed a new batch of sticks to Madison Square Garden for the game against the Rangers.