Igor Shesterkin knows it and Igor Shesterkin is wearing it after surrendering another four goals in Monday’s depressing, but not unexpected 5-3 empty-net abetted defeat to the Devils.
at the Garden that left the Blueshirts a staggering 14 points behind New Jersey.
“When something goes wrong, it starts to snowball,” Ryan Lindgren said after the Blueshirts surrendered four straight goals within 21:27 bridging the first and second periods after allowing four straight to Edmonton within 13:18 of the third period on Saturday. “It takes us too long to get back to our game.”
A year ago, Shesterkin recorded a save percentage of the NHL average .907 or below in 14 of his 52 starts. This one in which he surrendered four goals on 37 shots marked the ninth time in 17 starts he’s been below that number. The Blueshirts shot out of the gate with their most impressive 181 seconds of the season. Unfortunately, there were another 3,419 seconds to go. That was way too many for this psychologically wounded and fragile team.
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