If the New York Rangers are to remain afloat in the NHL playoff race this month before the Olympic break, they’ll need to do so without two of their most important and indispensable players. Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox each will miss significant time after sustaining injuries in New York’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers reportedly plan to place Shesterkin on IR with a lower-body injury as they continue to evaluate their star goalie. Fox is headed to LTIR with a lower-body injury, one week after he returned from a 14-game absence due to an upper-body injury.