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New York Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin, Pavel Buchnevich involved in car accident

The New York Rangers will be without Igor Shesterkin after he sustained an injury in a car accident Sunday night. Team president John Davidson announced the news Monday morning with the additional update that Pavel Buchnevich was also involved in the accident but was not seriously injured.

Rangers President John Davidson announces goalie Igor Shesterkin sustained a broken rib in an automobile accident on Sunday and will be reevaluated in two weeks. Forward Pavel Buchnevich was a passenger and is day-to-day.

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) February 24, 2020

Shesterkin was driving when a car made a U-turn that led to a collision where the airbags would deploy.