Rangers’ J.T. Miller leaves practice with non-contact injury

J.T. Miller suffered a non-contact injury at MSG Training Center on Monday and was not able to finish practice.

The Rangers captain appeared to strain either a groin or a hamstring as he attempted to whack a puck out of the zone while falling to his knees on the ice.

He stayed down for some time before gingerly skating off, hunched over in apparent pain, to the locker room.

Since he was being tended to by trainers after practice, Miller was not made available to the media.

“He’s being evaluated,” head coach Mike Sullivan said after the morning skate out on Long Island, ahead of the Rangers’ exhibition matchup with the Islanders at UBS Arena Monday night.

There was no other update provided by the Blueshirts.

Prior to last season, Miller missed only one or two games in each of the three campaigns from 2021-24. He missed 10 games in 2024-25 while in Vancouver due to the leave of absence he took from the team in November, which was for “personal reasons” amid an ongoing feud with Canucks teammate Elias Pettersson.

Miller, who returned to New York in a Jan. 31 trade, was named captain of the Blueshirts days before training camp.

After spending the first six seasons of his NHL career with the Rangers, Miller was brought back to serve in a critical long-term leadership role.