New York Rangers star goaltender Igor Shesterkin has been positioned on injured reserve with an upper-body harm, an NHL supply informed ESPN on Tuesday.
The Rangers recalled NHL veteran Louis Domingue from the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack. Shesterkin’s backup, Jonathan Quick, is 5-4-0 in 12 video games this season with a .907 save proportion and a 2.69 goals-against common.
Shesterkin stopped 21 of 25 photographs within the Rangers’ 5-3 loss to the Florida Panthers on Monday evening. During that sport, Panthers ahead Sam Bennett was checked into Shesterkin’s higher physique by Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren. Shesterkin was down on the ice briefly however did not go away the sport.
Shesterkin, 29, is 11-15-1 in 27 video games this season with a .906 save proportion and a 3.10 goals-against common. While the Rangers are twentieth in objectives in opposition to per sport this season, Shesterkin is second amongst all goalies with 13 objectives saved above alternative, based on Stathletes.
It has been an eventful month for Shesterkin. He signed a contract extension with the Rangers on Dec. 6 that makes him the highest-paid goalie in NHL historical past: an eight-year, $92 million deal that begins within the 2025-26 season. The 2022 Vezina Trophy winner is within the remaining 12 months of a four-year cope with a mean annual worth of $5.66 million.
The harm to Shesterkin is the most recent little bit of adversity for the Rangers this season. They are 16-19-1 after 36 video games, having misplaced 4 in a row and going 2-8-0 of their previous 10. The Rangers have been seven factors out of a playoff spot getting into Tuesday evening.
