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Rangers open post-Igor Shesterkin era with gritty, resilient win over Canucks

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Walker, M. (2026, October 12). Rangers open post-Igor Shesterkin era with gritty, resilient win over Canucks. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/11/sports/rangers-open-post-igor-shesterkin-era-with-gritty-resilient-win-over-canucks/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-12 · by Mollie Walker

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The New York Rangers won their game against the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 6-2, demonstrating resilience after learning that star goalie Igor Shesterkin would miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury. Captain J.T. Miller emphasized the need for the team to step up collectively in Shesterkin’s absence. Rookie goaltender Dylan Garand played well, stopping 19 out of 21 shots faced, and the Rangers maintained their lead despite giving up an equalizing goal late in the second period.
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The New York Rangers started their season without star goalie Igor Shesterkin, who will miss the remainder of 2026-27 due to a knee injury. Despite this setback, they secured a 6-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. The team’s captain J.T. Miller emphasized that players needed to step up and compensate for Shesterkin's absence, noting, "Everybody in here knows what needs to be done." This win demonstrates the Rangers' resilience compared to last season when they struggled under pressure.

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🔮 And when the Rangers finally started to catch some momentum following J.T. Miller’s fourth goal of the season, Reimer couldn’t track a one-timer from Drew Doughty at the top of the zone and his team lost any push it had just as quickly as it started.
🔮 If a certain percentage of the ones that hit the posts have gone in the net, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
🔮 The Rangers struggled mightily with clearing the puck and breaking it out of their zone, which led to Batherson’s second of the game less than two minutes into the second period.
2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Rangers outgunned by Senators after another slow start
🔮 tRY IT NOWThe adjustment to having three lefties (Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller) and two righties (Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad), as opposed to the four-righty alignment they’ve deployed the last seven seasons, is apparently more significant than one would expect.
🔮 With effective spurts that haven’t always been enough to demand results, the second line hopes that staying the course will pay off.
🔮 Teams will have to face Igor Shesterkin (when he returns from injury next season), Ilya Sorokin and Hellebuyck during the New York-New Jersey swing.
🔮 In his sixth consecutive start, rookie netminder Dylan Garand struggled mightily with rebound control.
🔮 “As soon as I stepped on the ice, I could feel the energy.
🔮 tRY IT NOWAgainst the clubs projected to finish near the bottom of the standings — such as the Red Wings, Canucks and Ducks — the Rangers have won by a combined margin of 13-4.
🔮 “I think the biggest thing in-zone — and this is a discussion we’ve had with our group — is our willingness to create off the shot more,” Sullivan said.
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Blueshirts Canucks Islanders Post Sports+ Rangers

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Rangers ORG · 14× Canucks ORG · 2× Garand PERSON · 2× Islanders ORG · 2× J.T. Miller PERSON · 2× Kartye PERSON · 2× Blueshirts ORG · 1× Igor Shesterkin PERSON · 1× Mollie Walker PERSON · 1× Post Sports+ ORG · 1×

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And after hearing the most devastating injury news possible about their star goalie Igor Shesterkin, who will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, the 2026-27 Rangers took a 6-2 win over a struggling Canucks team despite giving up an equalizing shorthanded goal late in the second period. “This is a situation I feel like not a lot needs to be said,” captain J.T. Miller said Sunday morning after participating in an optional skate.
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🔮 And after hearing the most devastating injury news possible about their star goalie Igor Shesterkin, who will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, the 2026-27 Rangers took a 6-2 win over a struggling Canucks team despite giving up an equalizing shorthanded goal late in the second period. “This is a situation I feel like not a lot needs to be said,” captain J.T. Miller said Sunday morning after participating in an optional skate.

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There is something to be said about the way the Rangers have responded in the face of adversity so far this season. asserted
Rangers → be → adversity
Last season’s Blueshirts team crumbled nearly every time a game got hard, revealing a debilitating mental fragility in the wake of any game-tying goals against, erroneous officiating or their own costly turnovers. asserted
game → crumble → goals
tRY IT NOWSo far in this new campaign, however, the Rangers have done just the opposite. asserted
Rangers → try → opposite
And after hearing the most devastating injury news possible about their star goalie Igor Shesterkin, who will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, the 2026-27 Rangers took a 6-2 win over a struggling Canucks team despite giving up an equalizing shorthanded goal late in the second period. “This is a situation I feel like not a lot needs to be said,” captain J.T. Miller said Sunday morning after participating in an optional skate. asserted
Miller → hear → skate
“Everybody in here knows what needs to be done. asserted
what → know → ?
Everybody’s got to pull a little more weight around here. asserted
Everybody → get → weight
I said the other night, [Shesterkin] is one of the pillars of our organization and this hockey team, and a leader for us. asserted
Shesterkin → say → us
It’s devastating to lose a guy like him, outside of how elite he is as a goalie… asserted
he → ’ → goalie
There’s a lot to be pulled from every guy in here right now to make up for what we’re losing. asserted
we → ’ → what
It’s been a couple years since the Rangers were described as resilient, but there have been flashes of the trait this season. asserted
Rangers → describe → trait
After the Rangers gave up two second-period goals to tie the Oct. 6 game against the Islanders, Mika Zibanejad said it himself that last year’s team probably would’ve collapsed in that position. asserted
team → give → position
Not if the Rangers and their intentions for the season have anything to say about it. asserted
Rangers → have → it
Similarly to that Isles game last week, the Rangers’ effort never faltered after the momentum swung in their opponents’ favor. asserted
momentum → falter → favor
In fact, the home team was able to respond before the period was even over, just like they did against the Islanders. asserted
they → respond → Islanders
A shorthanded goal from Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would’ve flatlined the Rangers in the past, but Tye Kartye recorded his second goal of the night off a beautiful shot from the left circle to regain the lead for his team, 3-2. asserted
Kartye → flatline → team
Rookie goalie Dylan Garand, who took the ice as the Rangers’ starting goalie for the foreseeable future, rebounded as well. asserted
who → take → future
Stopping 19 of the 21 shots he faced, Garand has limited every opposing team he’s faced to two goals or fewer over his six NHL games. asserted
he → stop → games
The Rangers scored three more times in the third period while limiting the visitors to just four shots on goal. asserted
Rangers → score → goal
Alexis Lafreniere kicked off his new second-line assignment with a slick pass in the neutral zone to spring J.T. Miller for a partial 2-on-1 opportunity with Kartye. asserted
Lafreniere → kick → Kartye
Miller extended his point streak to four games (one goal, three assists) as Kartye buried the rebound off his shot to put the Rangers up 27 seconds into the game. asserted
Kartye → extend → game
The Rangers had the edge on the Canucks for much of the first period, but it faded and Jake DeBrusk’s quick release from the right faceoff circle beat Garand to even the score at one-all. asserted
release → have → all
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