The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers played 65 minutes and couldn't score a goal, so it went to a shootout. Vincent Trocheck would score the only goal for either team, sending the Jackets home with a 1-0 shootout loss.

NEW YORK -- Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and stopped all three shooters in the shootout to lift the New York Rangers to a 1-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. "We played awesome," Shesterkin said about the Rangers defensive effort.

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Daniil Tarasov's 27 saves get the Blue Jackets a point, but Igor Shesterkin's brilliance nets the Rangers a big win at Madison Square Garden.

Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three more in the shootout as the host New York Rangers earned a crucial 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

Vincent Trocheck was the lone scorer in a shootout win for the Rangers over the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

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