Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin will start Thursday's game against the visiting Devils, coach Peter Laviolette announced.

The Rangers will be getting a major boost on Thursday when Igor Shesterkin returns from IR and starts in net against the Devils. He had been on IR since Dec. 31. Shesterkin has struggled this season,

Igor Shesterkin is set to return on Thursday night as the New York Rangers take on the New Jersey Devils after a short stint on injured reserve. This comes after Shesterkin missed the past four games with an apparent upper-body injury that he suffered in a game against the Florida Panthers on Dec.

The Rangers will activate star netminder Igor Shesterkin from injured reserve ahead of Thursday’s game against the Devils.

According to New York Post's Dan Martin, Laviolette has announced that starting goaltender Igor Shesterkin will return to the crease against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. The 29-year-old netminder hasn't played since Dec. 30 due to an upper-body injury.

The New York Rangers didn't have to fend for themselves without their prized goaltender for long. Igor Shesterkin is set to return to the cage on Thursday against the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden after missing four games to an upper-body injury per NHL insider Elliotte Friedman.

The struggling Rangers placed goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve with upper-body injury, a source told ESPN.

Nothing changes for Jonathan Quick in the wake of Igor Shesterkin going on IR with an upper-body injury sustained in the third period in Florida on Monday, when Sam Bennett crashed into the Rangers franchise goaltender after a hit from Ryan Lindgren.