Igor Shesterkin’s top-notch play gave Rangers time for Game 2 heroics

Igor Shesterkin’s top-notch play gave Rangers time for Game 2 heroics

Highlights from the Rangers’ Game 2 double overtime win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday night at the Garden:

The netminder kept the Rangers in the game, finishing with 54 saves including a pair to bail the Rangers out while on the man-advantage in the final minutes of regulation.


Igor Shesterkin makes a save on Sebastian Aho in the first overtime in the Rangers' 4-3 double OT victory over the Hurricanes in Game 2.Igor Shesterkin makes a save on Sebastian Aho in the first overtime in the Rangers’ 4-3 double OT victory over the Hurricanes in Game 2. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

The former Hurricane netted a double-overtime winner against his old team to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the series.

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The 21-year-old broke a 28-game playoff scoring drought with the game’s first goal, then lit the lamp a second time a period later.

Key moment

Chris Kreider’s power-play goal early in the third gave the Rangers some needed momentum after a lackluster end to the second.

Quote of the day

“There was a roller coaster for a little bit. For the guys to stay in there locked in and focused like that, that was a pretty big effort.”

— Peter Laviolette