SEATTLE – The New York Rangers’ soon-to-be unrestricted free-agent goaltender put together another brilliant night in net. However, this time it was not Igor Shesterkin.

Jonathan Quick, 38 years old and in his second season as a backup, stopped all 24 shots he faced for his second shutout in two games, leading New York to a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Kraken. Quick has not allowed a goal in more than 128 minutes of ice time.

“It’s pretty incredible,” Zac Jones said. ‘I don’t know how many boys his age could move like that. It’s quite remarkable how good he is as a professional. He is one of the backbones of our team.”

The Rangers played a low-event game after a long Saturday of travel. There was only one penalty, a Ryan Lindgren hold, and neither team had more than 25 shots. The Kraken were probably a tad more dangerous, but that’s where the goal advantage came in handy. Here are four takeaways.

Quick continues strong start

Seattle didn’t generate many chances early, but Quick turned away everything the Kraken did manage. Jaden Schwartz had a class-A look in the first period, taking the puck alone in front of the Rangers net, but Quick crossed his crease to make the stop. He also stopped Schwartz’s follow-up attempt.

Quick wasn’t done robbing Schwartz of points yet. The Kraken forward took a puck from Braden Schneider after the defenseman’s stick broke early in the second, then set up a good look at Yanni Gourde. Quick saved again. Shortly afterwards, he closed his net on a wraparound attempt from Schwartz.

Overall, the Rangers managed to limit Seattle’s dangerous looks, even though the Kraken had some extended offensive zone time.

“When they reached our goal, we blocked shots, took away lanes, won draws and got zero points,” Quick said. “It was a very hard-fought victory on the road.”

“It didn’t really give them any good opportunities,” K’Andre Miller said. “And when they were, we got Quickie.”

Quick’s counterpart, Philipp Grubauer, was good but less effective. He could do little to stop the Rangers’ first goal, an Alexis Lafrenière tap-in set up by Artemi Panarin, but Jones deceived him with a shot in the third period to give New York a two-goal cushion.

Quick has a .970 save percentage through five games, and he is three wins shy of 400 in his career.

“You’re honored to have these numbers,” Quick said. “Ultimately, as a goalkeeper you are very dependent on the team in front of you. All it really means is that I’ve played with some great players and teams that value winning more than anything else. I consider myself very grateful and fortunate.”

Rangers teammates high-five Zac Jones for his first goal of the season. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Jones rewarded

The Jones-Schneider duo has been a bright spot for the Rangers of late and both had scoring chances against Seattle. Schneider redirected a Panarin pass on net in the second period, and Jones broke through for his first goal of the season in the third.

Early in the final frame, Jones broke the puck out of his defensive zone. He passed to Will Cuylle in the neutral zone, and the forward threw the puck into the Rangers’ offensive zone, where it bounced off an opponent and onto Kaapo Kakko’s stick. The Finn fed Jones, who snuck a shot past Grubauer.

“I tried to use my feet and get on the ice,” Jones said. “The forwards were quite tired, so I knew they were trying to get the puck deep. I had a lucky bounce and Kaapo played well to me. I just threw a puck on the net and got lucky.”

It was also a big goal on a mental level. Seattle coach Dan Bylsma thought there was a “little dip” in Seattle’s energy after that.

Jones and Schneider had the least ice time of the Rangers defensemen, 14:54 and 14:29 respectively, but New York had more than 55 percent of the expected goal share with them on the ice.

The crime comes from a predictable source

Three of the four Rangers lines struggled to generate much offensively in five-on-five. The trio with the most offensive success was predictable: the Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Lafrenière line, which generated 10 scoring chances per Natural Stat Trick. Late in the second, Panarin sent a backdoor pass to Lafrenière for the winning goal.

“That’s (Panarin’s) game,” coach Peter Laviolette said. ‘Sometimes he doesn’t even have to move much to get people to back off. He seems to be finding the time and space he needs offensively to make things happen.”

The third line (Cuylle – Jonny Brodzinski – Kakko) was ready for the Rangers’ second goal, but it was less powerful on Sunday when Filip Chytil was injured. The Czech center suffered an upper-body injury after colliding with Miller in Thursday’s match. In any case, he does not travel before the start of the journey.

Big Miller moment

Miller has had a rough start to the season, but he has played great for the Rangers. Jamie Oleksiak set up Brandon Tanev on a breakaway late in the second period, and Miller tracked down the forward and knocked the puck away before he could get a shot on net.

“I knew I still had it,” Miller said. “Obviously it didn’t really look like that, but I knew in the back of my mind that I still had it.”

Laviolette said, “I thought it was a damn defensive play for someone who had to turn around and chase someone down.”

(Top photo by Jonathan Quick: Steph Chambers/Getty Images)