
Rangers’ injury-plagued season staring at crushing blow with Igor Shesterkin as latest victim
NY Post
The injury bug that has plagued the Rangers just went for the jugular.
Several key Blueshirts have gotten hurt and had to miss time through the first half of the 2025-26 campaign, but none had the hope of the season flash before the team’s eyes quite like it did when goalie Igor Shesterkin went down in the first period of their 3-2 overtime loss to the Mammoth on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
Shesterkin couldn’t put any weight on his left leg after Utah forward JJ Peterka drove to the net and made him fall over awkwardly.
There wasn’t much of a collision, as Peterka did his best to stop, but Shesterkin appeared to be in considerable pain while slamming his blocker on the ice.

DETROIT — In his first media interview about the Knicks in almost three years, James Dolan explained he fired Tom Thibodeau because, among other reasons, the coach was averse to collaboration. The owner also shot down a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo and declared this season as Finals or failure.

It didn’t take long after Adam Fox’s shoulder injury for his absence on the power play to — again — become glaring. The Rangers had just started to make strides with their first unit after struggling to start the year before Fox exited their Nov. 29 loss to the Lightning and didn’t return for a month.











