Peter Laviolette confirmed that Igor Shesterkin will start in net for the Rangers as he’s officially off of the injury list. Shesterkin missed one game before the 4 Nations Face-Off break with an apparent upper-body injury and he was eased back in this week at practice.

TARRYTOWN − For the second straight year, a February reprieve may have been just what Igor Shesterkin needed. The Rangers' goalie entered last year's NHL all-star break sporting a sub-.900 save percentage,

And while that’s positive news for the Rangers, who had said the goalie would be sidelined one to two weeks after seemingly suffering the injury near his lower arm in a scrum in front of the goalmouth, the real question is, what version of Shesterkin will they see?