Alexandar Georgiev got the showdown vs. Igor Shesterkin he had been craving for years, and led the Avalanche to a 3-2 shootout win over the Rangers.
So Alex Georgiev returned to the scene of the Tussle in the Tunnel, where on Tuesday the Avalanche’s No. 1 goaltender got the showdown against Igor Shesterkin he had been craving for years.that followed an entertaining, uptempo affair that featured a combined 90 shots, the once-and-still No. 40 celebrated in demonstrative triumph while mobbed by his gleeful teammates.
The 26-year-old Bulgarian seems happy now, and why not, off to a 4-0-1 start with a club that is expected to maintain powerhouse status.“I appreciate so much the chance to play for this team,” Georgiev said. “It couldn’t be better.”The dueling netminders exchanged save after save as if they were on the practice pond in Tarrytown. Georgiev was quick, concise and was able to avoid leaving the loose change in front that undermined his last couple of seasons in New York.
This was kind of like requiring Jacob deGrom to throw seven or eight innings of shutout ball every time he took the mound for the Mets to have a chance to win all those years. Of course, even that did not guarantee a victory. The understudy role that Georgiev had embraced had become a straitjacket. The netminder who joined the Blueshirts soon after issuance of The Letter decided he was being held back and wanted out.