Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers

Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · Madison Square Garden · 2026–27 Regular Season

Tampa Bay Lightning

1 – 5

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 on Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. Adam Fox led the way with 2 points. Igor Shesterkin made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	1	0	1	24
NYR	2	2	1	5	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:34	NYR	PP	Mika Zibanejad (1) · wrist	Pavel Dorofeyev (1), Adam Fox (1)	0–1
1st	10:51	NYR	EV	Pavel Dorofeyev (1) · snap	Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)	0–2
2nd	01:40	NYR	EV	Eeli Tolvanen (1) · wrist	Noah Laba (1)	0–3
2nd	07:59	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (1) · backhand	Ilya Mikheyev (1), Brayden Point (1)	1–3
2nd	16:01	NYR	EV	Gabe Perreault (1) · tip-in	Adam Fox (2), Mika Zibanejad (1)	1–4
3rd	17:26	NYR	SH EN	Igor Shesterkin (1) · wrist	Unassisted	1–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:01	TBL	J.J. Moser	holding	2
1st	08:20	NYR	Braden Schneider	holding	2
1st	13:31	NYR	Will Cuylle	holding	2
2nd	02:07	TBL	Jeffrey Viel	roughing	2
2nd	02:07	NYR	Braden Schneider	roughing	2
2nd	12:51	NYR	J.T. Miller	hooking	2
3rd	00:25	NYR	J.T. Miller	holding	2
3rd	03:34	TBL	J.J. Moser	tripping	2
3rd	09:04	NYR	Adam Fox	tripping	2
3rd	11:01	NYR	Noah Laba	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:03	NYR	Sean Durzi	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TBL 3.45 · NYR 5.33 · xG% TBL 39.3

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1		24:07	21
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	30.0	22:38	20
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		10:56	15
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	63.6	24:02	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	2		23:41	24
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		23:40	24
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	45.0	19:56	26
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		19:07	22
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4		17:45	21
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0		16:00	23
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		15:46	23
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		14:59	18
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	2		14:54	19
94	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	66.7	12:32	15
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		12:09	15
10	Jansen Harkins	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0		10:55	12
25	Jeffrey Viel	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	0		8:49	13
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	14.3	7:39	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	24	20	4	.833	55:52

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0		19:04	26
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	3	66.7	18:53	23
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	1	1	2	0	0	5	0	0		13:44	20
42	Noah Laba	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	30.0	16:14	24
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	1		14:18	22
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:25	19
94	Gabe Perreault	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		10:46	14
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5		23:20	27
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	5		21:38	26
5	Sean Durzi	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		20:54	23
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	+2	4	3	2	1		18:48	26
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	2	78.6	15:33	25
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	15:15	17
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	100.0	14:47	24
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	66.7	14:45	25
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	+1	2	3	3	0	50.0	14:12	23
12	Alberts Smits	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	2	1		14:09	18
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		6:18	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	24	23	1	.958	60:00