Alexandar Georgiev #40 of the Rangers stops a breakaway attempt in the second period by Mathew Barzal #13 of the Islanders at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Credit: Jim McIsaac
There are some things in professional sports that are just inexplicable. So, after a while, you stop trying to figure them out and you just roll with it.
Which is why Alexandar Georgiev got the start in goal Friday for the Rangers against the Islanders.
"As a head coach, I just accept it,’’ coach David Quinn said when discussing the 25-year-old Georgiev’s uncanny mastery of the Islanders.