{"id":530177,"date":"2026-03-29T23:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530177\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:59:21","slug":"shesterkin-makes-27-saves-in-rangers-3-1-victory-over-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530177\/","title":{"rendered":"Shesterkin makes 27 saves in Rangers’ 3-1 victory over Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — – Adam Sykora<\/a> broke a scoreless tie early in the third period and Igor Shesterkin<\/a> made 27 saves and the New York Rangers<\/a> defeated the Florida Panthers<\/a> 3-1 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sykora, a rookie who was a second-round pick in 2022, scored his second goal of the season at 5:10, tipping Adam Fox<\/a>‘s shot past Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Conor Sheary<\/a> then scored his fifth of the season – on a short-handed breakaway – at 11:14 before Fox added an empty-netter at 16:06.<\/p>\n

Sykora also scored in the Rangers’ 6-1 win against Chicago on Friday. The Rangers are just 11-18-7 at home this season.<\/p>\n

Florida’s Mackie Samoskevich<\/a> scored with 40.2 seconds left to end Shesterkin’s shutout bid.<\/p>\n

New York nearly scored late in the second when Mika Zibanejad’s shot with 1:35 left skittered along the goal line before Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling<\/a> cleared it out.<\/p>\n

Florida appeared to take the lead at 3:22 of the third when Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> scored on a breakaway, but the Rangers challenged and the play was ruled offside.<\/p>\n

Florida was coming off a 5-2 loss at the New York Islanders<\/a> on Saturday in which Tkachuk scored both goals.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Panthers: host Ottawa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Rangers: host New Jersey on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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