{"id":546245,"date":"2026-01-27T06:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/546245\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:41:16","slug":"rangers-jonathan-quick-earns-first-win-in-starting-role-to-end-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/546245\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers&#8217; Jonathan Quick earns first win in starting role to end skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Quick\u2019s first stretch as the Rangers starting goaltender \u2014 taking over for an injured Igor Shesterkin \u2014 had been filled with struggles. An 0-5-0 record entering Monday\u2019s game against the Bruins. A .795 save percentage, too.<\/p>\n<p>But Quick finally did enough to pick up his first win since Nov. 7 and his first since Shesterkin landed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury earlier this month, making 21 saves during their <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/26\/sports\/rangers-claw-their-way-to-ot-win-over-bruins-with-likely-fire-sale-looming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-3 overtime victory<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He also moved past Glenn Hall and into 12th place in NHL history with 408 career wins, which head coach Mike Sullivan called an \u201cincredible achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think that speaks volumes for his body [of] work in this league,\u201d Sullivan said of Quick moving past Hall. \u201cHe means a lot to this team. He\u2019s a great leader. He competes extremely hard. He\u2019s one of the more popular guys in our dressing room for good reason. I just think all of us that are a part of this team have so much respect for what he\u2019s accomplished in this game and his passion for the game as he continues to strive for excellence every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.53293413;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/boston-bruins-vs-new-york-119768018.jpg\" alt=\"New York Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick #32 watches as the puck hits off the goal post during the second period.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-38297610\"  \/>New York Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick #32 watches as the puck hits off the goal post during the second period. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Quick had been pulled on two different occasions with Shesterkin out, but he bounced back after allowing two goals early in the second period Monday that gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead. And with Shesterkin still on injured reserve and just skating on his own, the Blueshirts will need to continue relying on Quick \u2014 who turned 40 on Jan. 21 \u2014 until their $92 million star returns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis work ethic is impressive to watch day in and day out, and I think that speaks to his ability to play at such a high level at the age that he\u2019s at,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cThat\u2019s not easy to do. Couldn\u2019t be happier for him because he\u2019s competing hard for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The six-game absence was filled with frustration. At the time the Rangers decided to remove him from their lineup, Matt Rempe had trouble gripping his stick, passing and shooting pucks. He couldn\u2019t deliver the physical presence the Rangers wanted because his left thumb was still recovering from the surgery after a fight with the Sharks\u2019 Ryan Reaves in October that left it broken.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the expert take on the Blueshirts\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Rangers, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>But that disappointment, for at least one night, faded as Rempe returned to his spot on the fourth line and finished with two shots and two hits across 8:43 of ice time.<\/p>\n<p>Artemi Panarin extended his point streak to 13 games (five goals, 14 assists) with an assist on Will Borgen\u2019s goal late in the third period.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers held their latest centennial theme night of the season, this time honoring legendary Blueshirts from 1991-2004, including members of their 1994 Stanley Cup-winning team. Darren Turcotte, Radek Dvorak, Neil Smith, Mike Keenan, Kevin Lowe, Sergei Nemchinov, Craig MacTavish, Brian Noonan, Mike Hartman, Jeff Beukeboom, Jay Wells, Joe Kocur, Stephane Matteau, Glenn Anderson, Mike Richter, Adam Graves, Brian Leetch and Mark Messier all were in attendance, while Wayne Gretzky appeared on a video on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonathan Quick\u2019s first stretch as the Rangers starting goaltender \u2014 taking over for an injured Igor Shesterkin \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":546246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,3103,32159,405,403,1302,5226,5225,293,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-546245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-boston-bruins","tag-jonathan-quick","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nhl","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115965701930198066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}