\u201cI think he just quietly makes timely save after timely save for us,\u201d coach Mike Sullivan said after his team was shut out for the eighth time this season. \u201cI think he\u2019s one of the elite goaltenders in the league, and I think he\u2019s had a really solid year for us, but I don\u2019t think we always give him the goal support that he probably deserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe certainly makes a lot of timely saves for us night in and night out. I think to have that guy back there certainly gives us a big boost of confidence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Igor Shesterkin makes a save during the Rangers-Islanders game on Dec. 27, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Shesterkin was beat off a defensive-zone turnover in the opening minute of his 300th career start, but he kept the Rangers close throughout with several key stops, none better than a sprawling glove save on Islanders forward Jonathan Drouin to start the third period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier in the game, Shesterkin had to be checked out by the training staff following a collision with Max Shabanov following a hooking penalty by Braden Schneider. He also had left the ice briefly during the morning skate after taking a deflected puck off his mask.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adam Fox, who now is eligible to come off long-term injured reserve, still skated Saturday in a red non-contact jersey. <\/p>\n
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He missed his 13th consecutive game with an upper-body injury suffered Nov. 29 against the Lightning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s getting there. He practiced today full capacity, he\u2019ll skate with us [Sunday], full capacity, and we\u2019ll go from there,\u201d Sullivan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sullivan on Islanders rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer: \u201cI think he\u2019s a really exciting player to watch. I can imagine he\u2019s only going to get better. He\u2019s an emerging star. I think the biggest thing that jumps out at me when I watch him is just his ability to skate. He\u2019s a one-man breakout.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Igor Shesterkin deserved better, as he has many times this season.\u00a0 The Rangers goalie stopped 24 of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[121367,4823,385,99],"class_list":["post-373952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-igor-shesterkin","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}