{"id":441701,"date":"2022-05-04T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/igor-shesterkins-79-save-masterpiece-not-enough-for-rangers\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:35:22","slug":"igor-shesterkins-79-save-masterpiece-not-enough-for-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/igor-shesterkins-79-save-masterpiece-not-enough-for-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Igor Shesterkin&#8217;s 79-save masterpiece not enough for Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3565ac8f43c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3565ac8f43c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/igor-shesterkins-79-save-masterpiece-not-enough-for-rangers\/#%E2%80%9CIgor_Shesterkins_79-save_masterpiece_not_enough_for_Rangers%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Igor Shesterkin&#8217;s 79-save masterpiece not enough for Rangers&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIgor_Shesterkins_79-save_masterpiece_not_enough_for_Rangers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Igor Shesterkin&#8217;s 79-save masterpiece not enough for Rangers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The closest comparison Igor Shesterkin had to what he experienced on Tuesday night came in 2019, when he started 10 playoff <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s for an SKA St. Petersburg team that made the KHL\u2019s Western Conference Finals, getting as far as Game 7 against CSKA Moscow before losing.<\/p>\n<p>So, no disrespect intended to the KHL, but this \u2026 this was pretty different.<\/p>\n<p>Good as the KHL may be, there is no Sidney Crosby to stand in your crease, trying to put home a rebound as the clock runs down in regulation and 18,006 fans at Madison Square Garden lose their collective minds.<\/p>\n<p>Stopping Crosby ahead of the first overtime would account for one of the 79 saves Shesterkin made Tuesday night, when he performed the same feat he did for so many of his 53 regular-season starts and single-handedly kept the Rangers in Game 1 of their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> against the Penguins before Evgeni Malkin broke the dam with the winner, deflecting John Marino\u2019s shot to give Pittsburgh a 4-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-overtime victory.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Shesterkin\u2019s heroics came with the franchise record for saves in a playoff game. Along with about 20 other superlatives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Igor-Shesterkin.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Igor Shesterkin makes one of his 79 saves during the Rangers' 4-3 triple overtime loss to the Penguins in Game 1.\" class=\"wp-image-22132408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Igor-Shesterkin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Igor-Shesterkin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Igor-Shesterkin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Igor Shesterkin makes one of his 79 saves during the Rangers\u2019 4-3 triple overtime loss to the Penguins in Game 1.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The only reason it got as far as triple overtime in the first place was because Shesterkin, after the Rangers dominated the opening 20 minutes, kept them in the game for the next 80.<\/p>\n<p>He saved what might have been his best, and it is hard to pick, for the game\u2019s biggest moments. Take your pick between save No. 59, a scrambling pad save to deny Bryan Rust from the low slot eight minutes into the second overtime, or No. 70 \u2014 to set a franchise record \u2014 on Kasperi Kapanen as time expired in the fifth period. Or the windmill glove save on Kapanen way back in the third period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s done it all year. He\u2019s our best player. He showed it tonight,\u201d Ryan Strome said. \u201cHe made every [save] he had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Playoff experience, it turns out, can be overrated. Just ask The King.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, you talk so much about experience \u2014 you need this and that to have success,\u201d Henrik Lundqvist, who so often did the same thing in the postseason for the Rangers before moving to the MSG studio, said on a video call Monday. \u201cAt times, you need it, but there\u2019s a lot of times that it\u2019s easier to go in fresh. You don\u2019t overthink it, you just go out and play. You see a lot of goalies have success early on in the playoffs because they don\u2019t feel as much pressure, they don\u2019t overthink it, they don\u2019t try to figure out everything.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shesterkin, who cast a calm and confident demeanor in speaking with reporters earlier that day, already seems to have it all figured out.<\/p>\n<p>Without a translator present, the Russian leaned back in his chair and spoke succinctly. Asked whether he felt any extra pressure playing in the postseason, he replied: \u201cRight now, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is one thing to say that. It is another entirely to do it.<\/p>\n<p>After a strong opening 20 minutes, the Rangers spent the rest of the game backsliding. Shesterkin spent it role-playing as Sisyphus.<\/p>\n<p>He couldn\u2019t stop the Penguins from getting the game to overtime. But, through a game that lasted deep into the night, he could keep it tied for long enough to give the Rangers every chance to win it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never been a secret that the Rangers would need Shesterkin at his all-world best to have a chance in these playoffs, and it\u2019s no surprise that he met the moment in Game 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019ll handle it fine,\u201d Lundqvist said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>After Tuesday, all you can do is nod your head along to that statement.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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