PITTSBURGH — The Rangers have relied on goaltender Igor Shesterkin throughout the season. On Friday night, he even provided an assist at a crucial moment in their 5-3 Game 6 win over the Penguins. With the Rangers power-playing in the second period, Shesterkin skated unhesitatingly to the bottom of the right face-off circle to meet …
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PITTSBURGH — The chalk outline may still be etched past the crease when Igor Shesterkin returns to the scene of carnage for Friday’s potential playoff game against the Penguins. This is where the Hart Trophy finalist will face the biggest challenge of his career. This is where head coach Gerard Gallant will have to be …
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Read an expert’s take on blue shirts Sign up for Larry Brooks’ Inside the Rangers, a weekly Sports+ exclusive. You know when the controversy might come? If the Rangers are able to win Wednesday’s potential elimination Game 5 at home and return their first-round series to Pittsburgh for Game 6 on Friday. That’s when the …
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Jacob Markstrom, Juuse Saros and Igor Shesterkin were announced Tuesday as finalists for the NHL’s 2021-22 Vezina Trophy, awarded each year to the “goalie deemed the best in that position.” All three goalies are finalists for the first time in this category. The league’s 32 general managers vote for the Vézina. The winner of each …
