New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin amazed everyone Thursday by becoming the first goalie in team history to score a long-distance goal from net to net.
\n\nThe feat came at the end of the third quarter in the Rangers’ 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, when the puck bounced off the boards and skidded to Shesterkin, setting him up to slap it down the ice. As his hard slap sent the puck rocketing toward the Lightning’s net, everyone was shocked to see it slide right between the opposing team’s untended goalposts.
\n\nHis goal became the first time a Rangers goalie scored and made him the 18th goalie in NFL history to do so.
\n\nAfter the game, Shesterkin said he couldn’t tell at first whether the puck actually went in the net.
\n\n“That was a lot of fun, but to be honest, someone on the blue line, he screened me a little bit when I make the shot and I didn’t see the puck land, so I didn’t know can I celebrate or not. I just started doing that when everyone was like fired up,” he said, according to NHL.com.
\n\nHe added that he hopes he can actually see his…
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