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The matches of “New York” and “Tampa Bay” are served at the center of the confrontation between Russian goalkeepers Igor Shesterkin and Andrei Vasilevsky, as well as strikers Artemy Panarin and Nikita Kucherov.
Vasilevsky graduated from Salavat Yulaev, he has been in the NHL for a long time (since 2014) and with his game he brought Tampa to a new level, becoming one of the fundamental bricks of the dynasty team, which will now for the third Stanley Cup in a row. Vasilevsky in 2019 won the Vezina Trophy – an award for the best goaltender of the season. He also broke a number of Tampa records and in 2021 became the playoff MVP and won the Conn Smythe Trophy. Vasilevsky is one of the strongest goaltenders in the NHL, but he now has a competitor in Spartak grad Igor Shesterkin. The 4th pick in the 2014 draft has been playing for Rangers since the 19-20 season, but it’s only in the current season that he’s become a full-fledged primary guard and is already considered a real wall. In the first game of the playoffs this season against Pittsburgh, Shesterkin almost broke the record for the number of deflected shots per game (79), only 6 shots were not enough for Jonas Korpisalo. But then the Russian became the first NHL goaltender since the 1955/56 season to make more than 100 saves in his team’s first two playoff games. Shesterkin broke the record of 97 saves set by Jean-Sébastien Giguère of the Anaheim Ducks in 2003 and repeated by Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks in 2007. During the 2021/22 regular season, Shesterkin played in 53 games and won 36 wins. On average, the 26-year-old Russian returned 93.5% of shots per game.
Shesterkin failed 2 playoff games against Pittsburgh, but otherwise it was his confident play that got the Rangers through to the Penguins and then the Carolinas. Shesterkin also won a duel against Vasilevsky in Game 1 of the Eastern Finals, and his Rangers beat Tampa 6-2 in a big way.
In the first match 1+1 Artemy Panarin scored and he also won his duel against Nikita Kucherov. For Panarin, the Rangers are already the third club in the NHL, he started in Chicago and then moved to Columbus. And according to regular season statistics, this season was the best in his career – 96 points (22 goals, 74 assists). In the playoffs, Panarin has 13 points – 5 goals and 8 assists. And it is also the best result of his career.
Kucherov is the winner of the Art Ross Trophy (NHL, 2019), the Hart Trophy (NHL, 2019) and the Ted Lindsay Award (NHL, 2019).
With Tampa since 2013. He set the Russians single-season points record in the 18-19 season with 128. He also holds a number of Tampa club records for goals, assists, points in the playoffs or regular season assists and points in a single season. . Kucherov is one of the strongest Russian forwards in the NHL, he already has 246 goals and 370 points in the regular season and 48 goals and 94 assists in the playoffs. This season in the playoffs, he has scored 4 goals and provided 15 assists. But in the first game, although he had 7 shots (with Zibanejad, the most in the game), he failed to score Shesterkina.
Hockey. NHL. Eastern Conference. The final. The second game Rangers – Tampa Bay. Direct
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