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NEW YORK — The walking wounded were ready to roll Thursday night.

Centre Zack Smith and winger Bobby Ryan, who both left Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers early, both suited up in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, but that didn’t stop coach Guy Boucher from tinkering with his lineup.

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With the return of Tom Pyatt from an undisclosed injury for the first time since Game 4 of the club’s Round 1 series against the Boston Bruins, winger Tommy Wingels was a healthy scratch in a decision that was made after the warmup.

On defence, Chris Wideman, who had been scratched since Game 5 of the Boston series, replaced Fredrik Claesson.

Smith left Game 1 in the first period after getting hit by Tanner Glass and J.T. Miller, but was back on the ice for the morning skate. As for Ryan, he took a shot from Erik Karlsson on the thigh in the third period Tuesday night and left the game early.

“It was hard. He got a hold of that one,” said Ryan. “That was was the first thing he came and said to me was, ‘You all right?’ I told him ‘I’ll manage’. He told me he (shot) that one pretty good and I said, ‘I know what you did’.

“It feels good. It hurts a little bit to start with your first couple of strides because there’s a bruise in that area. Other than that I felt really, really comfortable.”

There was some surprise Ben Harpur wasn’t scratched on defence after a tough outing.

“Ben’s a big body,” said Boucher. “(Claesson) played fine, but I think we need to be more physical and we need to be harder than we were the last first period. Ben can do that with his 6-foot-7 reach and physicality.”

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