- Igor Shesterkin is out for the rest of the 2026-27 season with a lower-body injury
- The Rangers goalie got hurt in Friday’s 3-1 loss to the Capitals and was helped off the ice
- Read below for the other Rangers injury updates and what it means for Dylan Garand
Igor Shesterkin is done for the season.
The Rangers announced Saturday that their star goalie will miss the rest of 2026-27 with a lower-body injury, The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reported. The team did not say exactly what the injury is.
Shesterkin got hurt in the second period of Friday’s loss in Washington. His right skate jammed into the post while he scrambled back into his crease, and his leg bent awkwardly as he went down. Defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson had to help him off the ice.
Take a look at the play from Sportsnet:
Captain J.T. Miller was asked about the injury after the game.
“It’s awful,” Miller said. “He’s a pillar of this team. It stinks. Obviously, it’s (early). We don’t even know what’s going on, but to see him leave the game is a shot to all of us, a shock to all of us.”
Shesterkin had stopped 13 of 14 shots before leaving. He finishes at 3-1-0 with a 1.79 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage in five starts, and he scored the first goalie goal in Rangers history on Oct. 1 against Tampa Bay.
The injuries pile up from there. Baugh also relayed that backup Joonas Korpisalo will miss another four weeks and center Joe Veleno is out three to three and a half months, both with lower-body injuries:
That leaves 24-year-old Dylan Garand as the guy. He stopped 11 of 12 after replacing Shesterkin, and he already has a shutout against the Red Wings this month. Spencer Martin has been cleared from his own injury and is expected to be recalled as the No. 2.
Shesterkin is in the second year of an eight-year, $92 million contract that runs through 2032-33, the richest deal for a goalie in NHL history. A season-ending designation also opens up long-term injured reserve cap space for Chris Drury to work with.
The Rangers (4-2-0) host the Canucks on Sunday.
