US EditionRangers G Igor Shesterkin exits vs. Mammoth after collision
Shesterkin left the game with a left leg injury after an awkward skate bend; backup Jonathan Quick replaced him and the Rangers may call up an AHL goalie.
- Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin exited Monday's matchup at Madison Square Garden with an apparent left leg injury, and veteran backup Jonathan Quick entered the game.
- While trying to avoid a forward, Shesterkin’s skate bent awkwardly as he attempted to avoid Utah Mammoth forward J.J. Peterka at the crease, with contact appearing unintentional.
- After the fall, Shesterkin lay in the net as Rangers athletic training staff tended to him, and he could not put weight on his left leg before Vladislav Gavrikov, Rangers defenseman, helped him off.
- Jonathan Quick will likely have to shoulder the goaltending load for the Rangers, and the team may need to call up a goalie from Hartford, with Dylan Garand as a potential candidate.
- As a Vezina winner and franchise face, Igor Shesterkin’s availability matters to the Rangers, who rely on his 17-12-4 record, 2.47 goals-against average and.912 save percentage this season.
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Rangers Lose Crucial Player To Lower-Body Injury In OT Loss
The New York Rangers‘ most important player went down Monday night. Goalie Igor Shesterkin exited the game with what coach Mike Sullivan called a “lower-body injury” in New York’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth at Madison Square Garden. Shesterkin is one of the frontrunners to win the Vezina Trophy for the second time in his career and has kept New York afloat with a .912 save% and 2.47 goals-against average. He leads the NHL in games pla…
Rangers' Shesterkin exits 3-2 loss with leg injury
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, 30, the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner and face of the franchise, left his team's 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth on Monday night midway through the first period with what the team labeled a lower-body injury.
Igor Shesterkin helped off the ice in potential Rangers injury calamity
The Rangers rocky season may have gotten seriously worse Monday night, when Igor Shesterkin was knocked out of the game with an apparent left leg injury after Utah’s JJ Peterka slammed into him midway through the first period at Madison Square Garden.
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