DENVER — Shootout goals by Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin against old friend Alexandar Georgiev and two saves by Igor Shesterkin powered the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Avalanche on Friday night and a sweep of their two-game road trip to Las Vegas and Denver.
Shesterkin, who made 41 saves in regulation time and overtime, had two big ones in overtime to get the Rangers to the tiebreaker. He made a big glove save on Cale Makar with 1:43 left in overtime, then slid across left to right and did the splits to get his right pad on a back post tap-in try by Devon Toews right at the buzzer.
The Rangers will travel home Saturday and face the Devils on Monday at Madison Square Garden.
