igor shesterkin

Rookie goalie Igor Shesterkin, recalled this morning, will start tomorrow against Colorado. This was confirmed by David Quinn, and Henrik Lundqvist will be the backup. Alex Georgiev will be a scratch as the Rangers carry three goalies for the time being.

The Rangers have seven games (1/7, 1/9, 1/11, 1/13, 1/16, 1/19, 1/21) between now and their ten day break for the All Star Game and their bye week beginning on 1/22. The Hartford Wolf Pack play six times (1/8, 1/10, 1/11, 1/15, 1/17, 1/18) in that span. My guess is Shesterkin will go back and forth from Hartford while the Rangers rotate all three goalies evenly through this stretch.

Based on that, I think Shesterkin gets the following starts:

  • 1/7 (NHL)
  • 1/10 (AHL)
  • 1/13 (NHL)
  • 1/15 (AHL)
  • 1/17 (AHL)
  • 1/21 (NHL)

That leaves Hank and Georgiev to split the 1/9, 1/11, 1/16, and 1/19 starts, getting two a piece. Just an educated guess on my part though, nothing is confirmed.

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