scored the OT winner in their previous game at St. Louis<\/a>.<\/p>\nAfter an overtime period that saw Shesterkin stand tall across two penalty kills, the game went into a shootout, and the Rangers powered through with two goals from Artemi Panarin and Trocheck as Shesterkin denied Trevor Zegras and Travis Konecny for the thrilling 5-4 victory.<\/p>\n
The Rangers react after defeating the Flyers in a shootout Dec. 20. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n
When asked if he had recalled having to kill two penalties in a regular season overtime, coach Mike Sullivan said, \u201cNo, and I hope it never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s huge for us,\u201d Trocheck added following the win. \u201cThe confidence, we need that. We need to know when we\u2019re down a couple goals, we can still make it a game and come back. It was nice to see the resilience of our team.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was an impressive feat after a rough start for Shesterkin and for the Rangers, who since losing Adam Fox to a shoulder injury, have given up four short-handed goals in the last six games.<\/p>\n
Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) defends the net against Philadelphia Flyers center Rodrigo Abols (18) in the second period at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
Shesterkin revealed the renewed energy all came from a team meeting between the second and third period that discussed team \u201cbelief,\u201d he said after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone went to the rink, stepped on the ice and had that mindset,\u201d Shesterkin said. \u201cIt meant a lot for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was what the 29-year-old goalie needed after the second period that saw Travis Sanheim open up the scoring for the Flyers with a goal from the high slot that just went past Shesterkin\u2019s stick to tie the score.<\/p>\n
The Rangers celebrate a goal against the Flyers. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
A mere 23 seconds later, Owen Tippett gave Philadelphia the 2-1 lead with another shot above the two circles.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t Shesterkin\u2019s best sequence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went into the second period without a goalie,\u201d Shesterkin said.<\/p>\n
It only escalated from there.<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck reacts after scoring in the shootout during the Rangers\u2019 Dec. 20 win over the Flyers. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Panarin was later put in the box for slashing and Trevor Zegras ripped a one-timer to take a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n
The Rangers left wing then scored a second goal with eight minutes left to play. <\/p>\n
Yet, after another fight broke out that saw Brennan Othmann pick a battle with Nicolas Deslauriers, the Flyers\u2019 Rodrigo Abols knocked one to extend their lead.<\/p>\n
Coming into Saturday, the Flyers were 0-for-16 on the power play in their past seven games. <\/p>\n
Against the Rangers for the matinee, they were 2-for-3 in regulation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt requires a certain mental toughness, just the ability to shrug things off\u2026\u201d Sullivan added. \u201cWe talk with the guys a lot about having a next shift mindset or next play mindset. Just staying in the moment and as long as we have that, you see what you saw in the third period. We were able to get that third goal and get it within striking distance, it gave us some energy. It gave us some life and quite honestly it gave us some confidence\u2026Proud of them for their ability to dig in there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a brutal second period that saw the Flyers run over Igor Shesterkin for a two-goal lead, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19692,3518,9,11,10,541,539,11811,319],"class_list":["post-76830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-artemi-panarin","tag-igor-shesterkin","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76830","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=76830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}