In his return to the Whale, Chris Kreider had one shot on goal, was a minus one and was called for a hooking penalty in the second period.

Thought he was pretty active and had one of his better games. MT @BlkNBlueShirts: @HawkCrawford Saw he was -1 but how did he look otherwise?—
Bob Crawford (@HawkCrawford) February 16, 2013

In the NY Post, Larry Brooks writes “The Rangers expect him to do really good things for the Whale. They expect Kreider to assert himself. If he does, he will be back in Blue.”