{"id":883900,"date":"2026-10-16T03:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883900\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:32:18","slug":"rangers-add-james-reimer-to-ahl-hartford-in-igor-shesterkin-injury-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883900\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers add James Reimer to AHL Hartford in Igor Shesterkin injury fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rangers are adding some veteran goaltending depth to their organization in the wake of Igor Shesterkin\u2019s season-ending injury<\/a> and Joonas Korpisalo\u2019s presence on long-term injured reserve<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James Reimer, the 38-year-old who has played in 539 career NHL games, signed a professional tryout agreement with AHL Hartford, the Wolf Pack announced Thursday. Reimer can play in up to 25 games before they\u2019d need to make a call on his future, and Hartford\u2019s depth has been thinned with Dylan Garand and Spencer Martin \u2014 who began the season as the Blueshirts\u2019 top two AHL options \u2014 now in the NHL. Callum Tung and Gabriel Carriere have been the Wolf Pack\u2019s goaltenders so far. The Rangers said Saturday that Korpisalo would miss another four weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reimer hasn\u2019t started more than 25 games in a season at the NHL level since 2022-23. Last season, he appeared in 14 with the Senators \u2014 including 13 starts \u2014 while posting a 7-4-2 record, an .886 save percentage and a 2.42 goals against average. For his career, which began with the Maple Leafs in 2010-11, Reimer has recorded a .909 save percentage and 2.87 goals against average.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His is not a splashy name to drastically alter the Rangers\u2019 goaltending picture, but Reimer will get a chance to carve out a place on the depth chart that has already experienced an overhaul since opening night. Before the Blueshirts\u2019 second game of the season, Korpisalo was ruled out with a lower-body injury. Just over a week later, Shesterkin sustained a season-ending right knee injury<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe Rangers\u2019 AHL affiliate Hartford has added veteran goalie James Reimer on a professional tryout. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

That forced Garand \u2014 who\u2019d lost the backup competition in training camp and was sent to Hartford after clearing waivers before getting recalled when Korpisalo sustained his injury \u2014 to become the starter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garand has thrived with his chance so far<\/a>, winning both of his starts since Shesterkin\u2019s injury entering Thursday\u2019s match with the Devils. He has collected a .951 save percentage and 1.15 goals against average through his four appearances, with both numbers leading NHL goaltenders with at least three appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"RangersRangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) is helped off the ice by Marcus Pettersson (26) and Sean Durzi (5) after suffering an injury during a game against the Washington Capitals on Oct. 9, 2026. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Back in 2024-25, two years before Justin Dowling centered the Rangers\u2019 fourth line Thursday, he was in a similar spot with the Devils. An early-season injury led to his recall from the AHL. He capitalized on the opportunity, carving out a role on New Jersey\u2019s fourth line and skating in a career-high 52 NHL games that season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s facing a similar chance this year with the Blueshirts. Joe Veleno, who opened the season as the fourth-line center, was projected by the team Sunday to be out another 3-3 \u00b9\/\u2082 months with a lower-body injury. Cole Beaudoin, the 20-year-old acquired in the Vincent Trocheck trade, skated in four games before getting assigned to the Wolf Pack on Wednesday \u2014 allowing him to log more minutes in the AHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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That brought Dowling, who skated in two games with the Rangers last year, back to the Blueshirts as the next option. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jaroslav Chmelar skated alongside him against the Devils.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a veteran guy,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said. \u201cHe has some experience. He understands what he is. I think he can play within himself. He\u2019s a smart player. He can move the puck. He sees the ice pretty well. He brings an element of experience, I think, that will help us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matt Rempe and Scott Morrow were the Rangers\u2019 scratches for Thursday\u2019s game. \u2026 Garand made his third consecutive start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rangers are adding some veteran goaltending depth to their organization in the wake of Igor Shesterkin\u2019s season-ending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[160313,121367,4823,385,21071,99],"class_list":["post-883900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-dylan-garand","tag-igor-shesterkin","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883900","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=883900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}