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New York Rangers: Top 5 Antti Raanta Moments

By Justin Starr

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 22: New York Rangers Goalie Antti Raanta (32) watches the video replay, after New York Islanders Winger Nikolay Kulemin (not pictured) scored during the third period of a Metropolitan Divisional match-up between the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers on March 22, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by David Hahn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 22: New York Rangers Goalie Antti Raanta (32) watches the video replay, after New York Islanders Winger Nikolay Kulemin (not pictured) scored during the third period of a Metropolitan Divisional match-up between the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers on March 22, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by David Hahn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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Lightning in a bottle

This memorable Raanta moment came on March 6, 2017, when the New York Rangers visited the Tampa Bay Lightning. This time, Raanta stopped all 38 shots he faced to help the Rangers secure two points and a 1-0 overtime victory.

This was Raanta’s third shutout of the season and he scratched and clawed for every second of this victory. The Lightning kept peppering Raanta with shots and several tremendous scoring opportunities.

Raanta remained focused and battled through all of the Lightning shots and screens. During this time, some reporters were starting to wonder if Raanta was going to dethrone Henrik Lundqvist. With this shutout, it would be a career high for shutouts in a single season for Raanta. He would add one more shutout to his resume that season to set his career high at four in a single season.

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