{"id":867815,"date":"2026-10-02T03:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/867815\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T03:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:40:10","slug":"rangers-put-joonas-korpisalo-on-ir-in-early-test-of-goaltending-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/867815\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers put Joonas Korpisalo on IR in early test of goaltending depth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rangers already have a goaltending issue to navigate in the first week of the season.<\/p>\n

Backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo is being placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, according to The Post\u2019s Mollie Walker. Korpisalo, who participated in a brief practice Wednesday but not in a lightly attended optional skate Thursday morning, is week to week, and the Blueshirts recalled Dylan Garand \u2014 who lost the competition<\/a> to serve as the No. 2 goalie behind Igor Shesterkin in training camp \u2014 from AHL Hartford ahead of their home opener against the Lightning on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear when Korpisalo\u2019s injury occurred, but the IR designation means that he\u2019ll need to miss at least seven days \u2014 which would make him eligible to return for the Rangers\u2019 Oct. 9 game against the Capitals.<\/p>\n

\"NewRangers goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) during a preseason game against the New Jersey Devils. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Korpisalo, 32, played in their third preseason game against the Devils, making 20 saves in regulation and then another three in the shootout win. He was acquired from the Bruins in July for a fourth-round pick and a prospect.<\/p>\n

The emergence of an early goaltending injury, though, underscores the risk the Rangers took when they placed Garand on waivers earlier this week. He cleared and was assigned to the Wolf Pack, but they risked losing the 24-year-old to another team \u2014 and that would\u2019ve depleted the organization\u2019s depth. Spencer Martin would\u2019ve been the next option to get called up.<\/p>\n

\"NewDylan Garand #33 of the New York Rangers makes a first period save against the New Jersey Devils. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Now, with Korpisalo out, Garand could go from not making the Rangers roster out of training camp to potentially starting in their third game \u2014 with Shesterkin starting the home opener and the Blueshirts concluding a back-to-back in Detroit on Friday.<\/p>\n

Matt Rempe, who entered with uncertainty about his Rangers future and admitted over the summer that he had a lot to prove, said it was \u201cdefinitely exciting\u201d when he made the roster<\/a>. Rempe started training camp rotating in as an extra forward before getting the first reps on the fourth line, and he knows that his next challenge is figuring out a way to carve out a consistent role \u2014 and sticking in the lineup.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI had belief in myself and what I do,\u201d Rempe, who was scratched in favor of Jaroslav Chmelar on Thursday, told The Post. \u201cThere\u2019s always uncertainty, but you just gotta go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first portion of the Rangers schedule features five games in eight days following a condensed training camp, and head coach Mike Sullivan said that they\u2019re \u201ctrying to keep everybody involved here early in the season.\u201d Adam Fox only skated 18:25 against the Bruins on Tuesday \u2014 which Sullivan said won\u2019t be a normal occurrence \u2014 while Marcus Pettersson and Sean Durzi both logged over 23 minutes. Mika Zibanejad (18:31) and Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re (18:17) were the only forwards on the ice for more than 16:20.<\/p>\n

Across their first week of games, the Blueshirts also held a light practice Wednesday \u2014 initially scheduled as a day off until a power outage at their training center forced them to cancel Sunday\u2019s practice \u2014 and an optional morning skate Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think all the teams are facing this challenge,\u201d Sullivan said of not having a lot of time to work with, \u201cand I think there\u2019s gonna be an element this early part of the season of trying to build that foundation of fitness that\u2019s required to become the team that ultimately we want to become.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rangers already have a goaltending issue to navigate in the first week of the season. Backup goalie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[110483,4823,385,99],"class_list":["post-867815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-matt-rempe","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867815","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=867815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}