Athletistic / Hockey. Last night, the New York Rangers played their first home game of the current NHL season. The Blueshirts beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on the ice at Madison Square Garden.

Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin was named first star of the game against the Coyotes. The 27-year-old Russian stopped 26 shots in this game and also stopped a shootout in the third period. In three games of the NHL regular season, Igor missed goals and won two victories.

The second star was home team forward Vincent Trocheck, who scored the decisive goal. The third star was another Rangers forward, Chris Kreider, who scored his fourth goal this season.

It is noteworthy that in the match against Arizona, the leader of the attacks of the New York team, Russian Artemy Panarin, scored an assist.


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