Igor Shesterkin was nothing short of brilliant in the New York Rangers 2-1 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. At the opposite end, Andrei Vasilevskiy was equally up to the task as both goalies combined to make 84 saves (Vasilevskiy 45, Shesterkin 39) and needed six rounds in the skills competition to decide a winner.
Of course, it never should’ve got that far because the Blueshirts inept power play failed to hit the net on a glorious 4 on 3 opportunity in overtime.
“I had a wide open net in overtime,” a somber Mika Zibanejad admitted.