If you wondered at all why the New York Rangers opened the vault to keep goaltender Igor Shesterkin, watch the video of their 4-0 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
The final score makes it look like Shesterkin had an easy time of it in the second game of the record-setting eight-year, $92 million contract ($11.5 million average annual value) that kicked in this season. You have to look a little deeper to appreciate his 37-save effort, which earned him the game’s First Star and gave new coach Mike Sullivan his first victory with the Rangers.