New York found its rhythm under new coach Mike Sullivan, shutting down Buffalo and earning a key early-season win.

Goalie Igor Shesterkin has been spectacular through the Rangers’ first two games of the season, combining for 65 saves on the 66 shots he’s seen.

Despite rebounding well from a slow first period and trailing by just one goal for most of the night, the Sabres couldn’t break through against one of the best in the business, Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin. Buffalo got 37 shots on the former Vezina Trophy winner and outshot New York 26-17 over the final 40 minutes.

Igor Shesterkin stopped 37 shots and Alex Lafreniere’s first-period goal stood up as the winner in the New York Rangers’ 4-0 victory over the Sabres in Buffalo’s season-opener Thursday night. Mike Sullivan earned his first win as Rangers coach,

Star goaltender Igor Shesterkin and the New York Rangers had a 2024-25 season to forget. The 29-year-old netminder posted career-worst statistics with a .905 save percentage, a 2.86 goals against average and 27-29-5 record. Throw those numbers out the window.

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Shesterkin was the first goaltender off the ice at morning skate, according to Mollie Walker of the New York Post, and is slated to patrol the visiting crease in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Shesterkin has been sensational this season,

Igor Shesterkin said he thought something broke down in the Rangers’ last year on the way to missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. And yet in assessing his expectations for the team this season, the star Russian netminder didn’t stutter.