Since taking over for Henrik Lundqvist in 2019-20, Igor Shesterkin has played in 158 games, good enough for 14th amongst his peers, which calculates to 54.48% of New York’s games. Considering a bulk of teams across the league are employing a goalie tandem that splits the duties, one of the questions heading into the 2023-24 season will be, how many games should Shesterkin play?
During his memorable 15-year career with the New York Rangers, Lundqvist played in 887 games, the most of any netminder from 2005-06 to 2019-20. Furthermore, he skated in 74.92% out of a possible 1,184 games the Rangers played during that stretch.