Igor Shesterkin is out 1-2 weeks for the New York Rangers with an upper-body injury.
The goalie started Friday and made 23 saves in a 3-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. He stayed down on the ice after a net-front scramble late in the first period and the Rangers’ trainer came out to check on him, but Shesterkin stayed in the game.
Shesterkin is 18-19-2 with a 2.87 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage and three shutouts in 39 games this season.
Jonathan Quick made 22 saves for New York in a 4-3 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, its last game before the 4 Nations Face-Off (Feb. 12-20). The Rangers will return Feb. 22 at the Buffalo Sabres.
"You don't want to see any of our players go down with injuries,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said, “but where there is a little bit of time coming up here, that's useful. There’s no games being played, so that's a useful thing."
Goalie Dylan Garand was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League and backed up Quick on Saturday. Garand was returned to Hartford on Sunday.
