After four games this season, only Danil Tarasov of the Detroit Red Wings has a better save percentage than Garand’s .951. It’s worth noting too that Tarasov has only played two games. He’s also second behind Tarasov with a 1.15 goals against average, a remarkable achievement for the Rangers’ designated third string netminder.

At least he was coming out of camp, it may be the case that Garand establishes himself as the true starter with Shesterkin out for the year by the time Joonas Korpisalo comes back in November. I wonder how Winnipeg feels now having chosen to claim Clay Stevenson off of waivers over Garand.