TAMPA, Fla. — Gerard Gallant is unsatisfied with the Lightning’s therapy of goaltender Igor Shesterkin. And the Rangers mentor strategies to have a conversation with the league about it.
“I really do not like it,” Gallant stated. “I never believe it is a massive aspect of it and hopefully when we discuss to the supervisor tomorrow, they’ll acquire care of some of that, since it wasn’t correct.”
The supervisor to whom Gallant was referring is Kay Whitmore, assigned by the league to oversee the collection. Whitmore, a former NHL goaltender, is now the goaltending supervisor for the NHL.
The Lightning seemed to make it a place of emphasis to get in Shesterkin’s encounter in an endeavor to toss him off his activity, starting off a number of scrums all around the Rangers’ crease. At one particular point, Corey Perry took a slashing penalty right after referees deemed he experienced gone too significantly with Shesterkin, top to Mika Zibanejad’s opening purpose at 7:37 of the second. Riley Nash also took a penalty for goaltender interference at 8:23 of the second, main to Chris Kreider’s ability-engage in target.
The Rangers’ direct wouldn’t last, however, as the Lightning came again for a 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon, slicing New York’s direct in the convention ultimate to 2-1.
Lightning coach Jon Cooper said it was not section of their plan to be physical with Shesterkin.
“I don’t assume they could have known as it any tighter,” Cooper said. “There were being 3 penalties on goalie interference [between both teams]. Is a portion of this activity remaining web front? Yes. Was that section of our match strategy, to knock him more than? No. That to start with penalty, we were on a four-on-a few electricity play and we acquire ourselves off it.
“Trust me, we’re not trying to hit the goalie. I believe we had been additional indignant than possibly the Rangers were being at that level.”
Intentional or not, it experienced little impact on Shesterkin, as the Russian continued his Herculean engage in, stopping 48 of 51 photographs. All three Lightning targets came on just one-timers when Shesterkin simply couldn’t do a great deal. For much of the 3rd time period, he was preserving the match tied, as the Lightning mounted an onslaught.
“I guess every time there’s a actually elite goalie taking part in that way, I imagine that is kinda the mantra from the other group, is to test to get in his confront,” Rangers forward Andrew Copp said. “Try and rattle him a tiny little bit. But it appeared like Shesty managed that truly properly currently.
“I considered our crew did as well. Just try to restrict the confrontations in front of the internet. Consider they had a couple early and then we did a rather great task of building them steer distinct of the net. It’ll be a component — a focus for us is successful the blue-paint battles.”
Even Gallant admitted that he was more bothered by it than Shesterkin
“It fazes me far more than him,” Gallant reported.
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