Igor Shesterkin, Vincent Trocheckbeat coach Peter Laviolette for NHL-All Star Game win
TORONTO It was the two Rangers All-Star players versus the Rangers All-Star coach in the final game.
A showdown between the best of the best in New York, including Islanders star center Mathew Barzal, who teamed up with the Blueshirts No. 1 goalie Igor Shesterkin and second-line center Vincent Trocheck to defeat their head coach, Peter Laviolette, for the All-Star Game crown Saturday evening.
Laviolette stood behind the bench for Team Connor McDavid, while Shesterkin and Trocheck competed for Team Auston Matthews in front of an enthusiastic and lively crowd of all different fandoms inside Scotiabank Arena.
It was ultimately the Rangers players who prevailed in a 7-4 win for Team Matthews, giving Trocheck and Shesterkin bragging rights over Laviolette when they return to practice in New York at MSG Training Center on Sunday ahead of the final 33 games of the regular season.
4Ligthning’s Nikita Kucherov of Team Hughes puts a shot on goal against the Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin. NHLI via Getty ImagesThere will surely be chirps on their plane ride back to New York, but it was all in good fun after an eventful weekend in Toronto for the Rangers bunch.
Trocheck got to experience his second All-Star appearance with his 5-year-old son, Leo, who skated on the Scotiabank Arena ice sporting his dads Rangers jersey before the skills competition Friday a moment the two will likely never forget.
I havent really been able to digest it all, said a smiling Trocheck. Im not even really able to put it into words how cool it is to be able to do that with him. He had so much fun. Im just so happy and grateful that we were able to do this.
4Team Matthews celebrates its All-Star Game win. NHLI via Getty ImagesShesterkin, on the other hand, more than held his own in all the competitions against some of the NHLs best skaters in his second All-Star Weekend.
Maybe it was enough to give the Russian netminder a boost of confidence before going back to the regular season.
Well see, No. 31 said.
Team Matthews and Team McDavid were locked at 3-3 heading into the second half of the final game.
4Vincent Trocheck (16) of the New York Rangers in the 2024 NHL All-Star Game at Scotiabank Arena. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConFilip Forsberg and Matthews then each scored in the final 10 minutes to pull ahead, 5-3, before the Red Wings Alex Debrincat scored an empty-net goal for the three-goal lead.
The Sharks Tomas Hertl scored for Team McDavid with less than a minute and a half left, but Barzal netted his first of the day on a two-on-none rush to put the game out of reach.
Trocheck, Shesterkin and the rest of Team Matthews went goal-for-goal with Team Jack and Quinn Hughes in a fast-paced second game.
With Shesterkin in goal for the second half of the 20-minute contest, Trocheck assisted on Filip Forsbergs 4-3 score.
4Mathew Barzal tallied a goal in the All-Star Game win. NHLI via Getty ImagesShesterkin may have given up goals to the Canucks Elias Pettersson, the Senators Brady Tkachuk and the Panthers Frank Vatrano in regulation, but he made crucial stops on the Devils Jesper Bratt and the Lightnings Nikita Kucherov.
The Rangers netminder, however, was impenetrable in the shootout to lead his team to victory.
After making saves on Kucherov, Pettersson and the Jets Kyle Connor, Shesterkin capped off a perfect shootout performance with a poke check on the Canucks J.T. Miller.
Most importantly, I stopped Kucherov, Shesterkin said. After that, I just tried to stop the puck again.
Laviolette and Team McDavid found themselves down, 3-1, in the first game of the day against Team Nathan MacKinnon, which naturally received two regulation goals from MacKinnon himself.
After Laviolette pulled his goalie with roughly 1:30 left on the clock, Pastrnak made it a one-goal game with 31.5 seconds remaining. McDavid then scored with 5.4 seconds left to force a shootout, where the Oilers captain and Pastrnak were the only players to score to complete the comeback.
I was, down in the first game, Im wondering, We take the goalie, right? Laviolette said when asked if he had to stop himself from coaching. The guys are so talented. When they get going, it really shows the skill level on the ice.
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