{"id":38407,"date":"2022-06-06T03:45:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T03:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rangers-plan-to-address-lightnings-shesterkin-tactics-with-nhl\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T03:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T03:45:59","slug":"rangers-plan-to-address-lightnings-shesterkin-tactics-with-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rangers-plan-to-address-lightnings-shesterkin-tactics-with-nhl\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers plan to address Lightning&#8217;s Shesterkin tactics with NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Gerard Gallant is unhappy with the Lightning&#8217;s treatment of goaltender Igor Shesterkin.  And the Rangers coach plans to have a conversation with the league about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t like it,\u201d Gallant said.  &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a big part of it and hopefully when we talk to the supervisor tomorrow, they&#8217;ll take care of some of that, because it wasn&#8217;t right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The supervisor to whom Gallant was referring is Kay Whitmore, assigned by the league to oversee the series.  Whitmore, a former NHL goaltender, is now the goaltending supervisor for the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning seemed to make it a point of emphasis to get in Shesterkin&#8217;s face in an attempt to throw him off his game, starting several scrums around the Rangers&#8217; crease.  At one point, Corey Perry took a slashing penalty after referees deemed he had gone too far with Shesterkin, leading to Mika Zibanejad&#8217;s opening goal at 7:37 of the second.  Riley Nash also took a penalty for goaltender interference at 8:23 of the second, leading to Chris Kreider&#8217;s power-play goal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Igor Shesterkin reacts after allowing the game-winning goal.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rangers&#8217; lead wouldn&#8217;t last, though, as the Lightning came back for a 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon, cutting New York&#8217;s lead in the conference final to 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning coach Jon Cooper said it wasn&#8217;t part of their plan to be physical with Shesterkin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t think they could have called it any tighter,\u201d Cooper said.  \u201cThere were three penalties on goalie interference [between both teams].  Is a part of this game being net front?  Yes. Was that part of our game plan, to knock him over?  No. That first penalty, we were on a four-on-three power play and we take ourselves off it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust me, we&#8217;re not trying to hit the goalie.  I think we were more angry than maybe the Rangers were at that point. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Intentional or not, it had little effect on Shesterkin, as the Russian continued his Herculean play, stopping 48 of 51 shots.  All three Lightning goals came on one-timers when Shesterkin simply couldn&#8217;t do much.  For much of the third period, he was keeping the game tied, as the Lightning mounted an onslaught.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/20220605_RangersLightning254cs.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rangers\" class=\"wp-image-22543487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/20220605_RangersLightning254cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/20220605_RangersLightning254cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/20220605_RangersLightning254cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Igor Skesterkin and the Rangers lost Game 3 to the Lightning on Sunday. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI guess whenever there&#8217;s a really elite goalie playing that way, I think that&#8217;s kinda the mantra from the other team, is to try to get in his face,\u201d Rangers forward Andrew Copp said.  \u201cTry and rattle him a little bit.  But it seemed like Shesty handled that really well today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought our team did as well.  Just try to limit the confrontations in front of the net.  Think they had a couple early and then we did a pretty good job of making them steer clear of the net.  It&#8217;ll be a factor &#8211; a focus for us is winning the blue-paint battles. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Even Gallant admitted that he was more bothered by it than Shesterkin<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt fazes me more than him,\u201d Gallant said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Gerard Gallant is unhappy with the Lightning&#8217;s treatment of goaltender Igor Shesterkin. 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