Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin will start Thursday's game against the visiting Devils, coach Peter Laviolette announced.
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According to New York Post's Dan Martin, Laviolette has announced that starting goaltender Igor Shesterkin will return to the crease against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. The 29-year-old netminder hasn't played since Dec. 30 due to an upper-body injury.
The advanced metrics love the recent work put in by Jack Hughes, but he's been unlucky with the surface-level stats. That should change vs. a leaky Rangers defense, as our NHL betting picks explain.
The New York Rangers will have a boost Thursday versus the Metropolitan Division rival New Jersey Devils as star netminder Igor Shesterkin is set to return the lineup, head coach Peter Laviolette confirmed to Larry Brooks of the New York Post.
Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils dominated the first two meetings with the New York Rangers last month as part of their ascent in the Metropolitan Division.
Arthur Kaliyev will make his Rangers and season debut against the Devils. New York claimed Kaliyev off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. The forward was a healthy scratch in the Rangers 5-4 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Kaliyev has 71 points (35 goals, 36 assists) in 188 NHL games, all with the Kings.
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The last time the New Jersey Devils saw their rivals, it was the first meeting with the New York Rangers in a new era. Jacob Trouba, their former captain, was traded to the Anaheim Ducks and no longer manned the Blueshirts blueline.
What to make of the Rangers defense or lack there of. The New Jersey Devils are at The Garden tonight but the Rangers defense may – once again – be out to lunch, dinner and a Midnight Supper. Word has gone round the NHL, the Blueshirts defense has more holes than Trader Joe's latest Swiss Cheese shipment.