{"id":369888,"date":"2026-10-10T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369888\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:52:13","slug":"igor-shesterkin-out-for-season-after-scary-injury-in-rangers-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369888\/","title":{"rendered":"Igor Shesterkin out for season after scary injury in Rangers nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rangers\u2019 worst fears with Igor Shesterkin were confirmed Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Shesterkin, their $92 million goaltender, will miss the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury, according to the Rangers. <\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/09\/sports\/igor-shesterkin-exits-game-in-rangers-injury-nightmare\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exited in the first period<\/a> of their eventual loss to the Capitals on Friday after jamming his right skate into the post while gliding across the crease, and Shesterkin wasn\u2019t able to put any weight on his right leg as he was helped off the ice.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41271875\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31-new-york-rangers-helped-144442856.jpg\" alt=\"Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers is helped off the ice by teammates after suffering an injury.\" class=\"wp-image-41271875\"\/>Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers is helped off the ice by Marcus Pettersson and Sean Durzi after suffering an injury during a game against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old opened the season with a 3-1 record, helping anchor the Rangers as they won four consecutive games and started to move past their woeful 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>But now, though, they\u2019ll need to survive without Shesterkin. Joonas Korpisalo is expected to miss another four weeks, according to The Post\u2019s Mollie Walker. <\/p>\n<p>Spencer Martin, with AHL Hartford, is day-to-day. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019ll likely leave the inexperienced Callum Tung, who recorded his first shutout with the Wolf Pack on Friday, to back up Dylan Garand for now, unless the Rangers sign a veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Check back for more on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rangers\u2019 worst fears with Igor Shesterkin were confirmed Saturday. Shesterkin, their $92 million goaltender, will miss the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3518,9,11,10,541,539,319],"class_list":["post-369888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-igor-shesterkin","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}