{"id":536058,"date":"2026-04-02T05:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536058\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:46:24","slug":"brutal-moment-nhl-stars-igor-shesterkin-and-jacob-markstrom-face-off-in-rare-goalie-fight-during-devils-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536058\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal moment NHL stars Igor Shesterkin and Jacob Markstrom face off in rare goalie fight during Devils-Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAOS erupted as New York Rangers star goalie Igor Shesterkin faced off against New Jersey Devils\u2019 Jacob Markstrom in a rare goalie fight.<\/p>\n<p>The brutal moment took place on Tuesday night in the Rangers\u2018 4-1 home win over their rivals across the Hudson.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Sport newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin throwing a punch at New Jersey Devils keeper Jacob Markstrom on Tuesday night at Madison Square GardenCredit: MSG<\/p>\n<p>Shesterkin knocks down Markstrom during the Rangers\u2019 4-1 win over the DevilsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>During the third period, Devils forward Paul Cotter made contact with Shesterkin, which led to a scrum near the goal line.<\/p>\n<p>Shesterkin skated over to the tussle which didn\u2019t sit right with Marksrom, who skated all the way down from the other end of the ice to fight Shesterkin.<\/p>\n<p>The two keepers took off their helmets and exchanged blows.<\/p>\n<p>And Shesterkin came away with the clear win as he got in a flurry of punches and knocked Markstrom on the ice to the delight of the Madison Square Garden crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/16135487\/meghan-chayka-nhl-host-tv-outfit-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OQ-SPORT-PREVIEW-CHAYKA.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">CHAYK HER OUT<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">NHL host Meghan Chayka looks flawless on TV as fans say &#8216;you&#8217;re beautiful&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/16107008\/sidney-crosby-nhl-penguins-olympic-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DK-US-OP-CROSBY.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">ICE RETURN<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Sidney Crosby to make NHL return with Penguins after devastating Olympic injury<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rangers fans chanted \u201cIgor\u201d as the two goaltenders were given five-minute majors and penalties for leaving their creases.<\/p>\n<p>It was Shesterkin\u2019s first fight in his whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/hockey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hockey<\/a> career.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers captain J.T. Miller alongside Shesterkin after the rare goalie fightCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Markstrom, meanwhile, was last in a fight in 2015 during his AHL days.<\/p>\n<p>The Blueshirts avoided the sweep with their 4-1 victory over New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s game was the final game between the Rangers and Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Shesterkin made 22 saves as he took home his 24th win of the year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a lost season for the Rangers and Devils as both find themselves at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, it was the Blueshirts\u2019 most feel-good win of the season as the campaign winds down.<\/p>\n<p>And the Rangers avoided going winless against the Devils and the New York Islanders in a season, something the franchise has never done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAOS erupted as New York Rangers star goalie Igor Shesterkin faced off against New Jersey Devils\u2019 Jacob Markstrom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5111],"tags":[5,285,3328,35,5190,5193,4,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-536058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-national-hockey-league","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-rangers","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkrangers","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-rangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116333537756788931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}