Shesterkin is now 23-12-1 and has only let up two goals in 17 of his victories. At 17:28 in the second, he produced an incredible glove save against Wyatt Johnson. At 13:57 in the third, he stopped Jamie Benn with a sliding pad stop. At 16:42 in the third, he smothered multiple opportunities in the crease.
At 7:46 in the first quarter, Fox scored the first goal by one-timing a pass from Artemi Panarin past Stars goalie Scott Wedgewood, who finished with 23 saves. Fox’s tenth goal was also assisted by defenseman Ryan Lindgren, who required stitches under his left eye during Sunday’s game against the Islanders.
Fox has scored in nine of his previous twelve games. Despite missing ten games due to injury, his 46 points rank him sixth among NHL defenseman.At 8:23 in the second, Kakko scored his eighth goal to double the lead after a passing play including defensemen Erik Gustafsson and K’Andre Miller.
47 seconds later, Heiskanen scored his sixth goal of the game for the Stars on a power play, with help from Benn and Joe Pavelski. Pavelski, 39, is currently playing in his 18th NHL season. With 47 points, including 19 goals, he is in third place among the Stars.
The New York Rangers won their eighth straight game on Tuesday, defeating the Dallas Stars 3-1 behind 41 saves from Igor Shesterkin.
In the encounter between division leaders, the Rangers scored goals through Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko, and Vincent Trocheck.
Dallas, which has now lost twice in two days, was led by Miro Heiskanen. In a shootout on Monday, the Stars were defeated 4-3 by the Boston Bruins.In the last 11 games, the Rangers have a 9-1-1 record. They had just emerged from an exciting 6-5 overtime victory at MetLife Stadium over the Islanders in an outdoor game on Sunday.
