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New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 6–2 on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
New York Rangers 2 39-36-7
at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 47-27-8

Goals by period

Team Total
New York Rangers 1 0 1 2
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 3 1 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
New York Rangers 17 8 19 44
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 12 7 25

Three stars

  1. B. Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. A. Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (16) Brayden Point (18), Jake Guentzel (17) Power play NYR 0, TBL 1
1st 09:23 New York Rangers Artemi Panarin (16) Vincent Trocheck (12), Adam Fox (26) Even strength NYR 1, TBL 1
1st 18:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan McDonagh (1) Anthony Cirelli (18) Shorthanded NYR 1, TBL 2
2nd 03:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (23) Nikita Kucherov (36) Even strength NYR 1, TBL 3
2nd 05:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (14) Brandon Hagel (24) Shorthanded NYR 1, TBL 4
2nd 08:08 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (20) Brayden Point (19), Nikita Kucherov (37) Power play NYR 1, TBL 5
3rd 00:13 New York Rangers Vincent Trocheck (10) Ryan Lindgren (4) Shorthanded NYR 2, TBL 5
3rd 14:12 Tampa Bay Lightning Nick Paul (9) Unassisted Even strength NYR 2, TBL 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat New York Rangers Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 44 25
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 10 8
Hits 23 13
Blocked shots 12 18
Giveaways 16 13
Takeaways 10 5
Faceoffs won 40/77 (51.9%) 37/77 (48.1%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
10 A. Panarin L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 1 0 20:08
13 A. Lafrenière L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 19:03
16 V. Trocheck C 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 65.5% 24:31
20 C. Kreider L 0 0 0 -3 0 6 1 0 0 18:39
26 J. Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 09:12
39 S. Carrick C 0 0 0 -1 6 0 2 0 0 66.7% 05:08
50 W. Cuylle L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 1 0 13:21
65 B. Berard L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 10:05
72 F. Chytil C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 30% 15:06
84 A. Edstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:10
91 R. Smith R 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 0 0 16:35
93 M. Zibanejad C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 0 0 48.3% 19:10
4 B. Schneider D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 16:15
17 W. Borgen D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 2 0 17:04
18 U. Vaakanainen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:36
23 A. Fox D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 1 0 25:31
55 R. Lindgren D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 2 0 17:42
79 K. Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 1 0 21:54
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31 I. Shesterkin 13 8 5 .615 28:08 Loss
32 J. Quick 12 11 1 .917 31:32

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
11 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 52.9% 10:57
13 C. Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 07:16
14 C. Geekie C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 09:27
20 N. Paul L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 46.2% 17:15
21 B. Point C 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 61.1% 19:12
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 09:58
38 B. Hagel L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 21:43
41 M. Chaffee R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 14:42
59 J. Guentzel C 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 41.7% 17:22
71 A. Cirelli C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 1 0 40% 15:59
86 N. Kucherov R 1 2 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 19:55
93 G. Goncalves C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 13:16
27 R. McDonagh D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 4 0 20:12
43 D. Raddysh D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 19:07
48 N. Perbix D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 2 0 16:41
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 1 0 25:02
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 17:56
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 16:04
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 44 42 2 .955 59:56 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:46 New York Rangers Sam Carrick Tripping 2
1st 17:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Erik Cernak Hooking 2
2nd 04:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 07:39 New York Rangers Sam Carrick Roughing 2
2nd 10:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves Tripping 2
2nd 18:59 New York Rangers Sam Carrick Cross checking 2
3rd 08:18 New York Rangers Reilly Smith Hooking 2
3rd 09:29 New York Rangers Will Borgen Cross checking 2
3rd 10:45 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman Tripping 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Peter Laviolette
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Jean Hebert, Corey Syvret
Linesmen
Julien Fournier, Ben O'Quinn
New York Rangers scratches
Jonny Brodzinski, Zac Jones, Matt Rempe
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Michael Eyssimont

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at New York Rangers 1 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 28

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Florida Panthers 0 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 5 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final/OT Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Anaheim Ducks 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Los Angeles Kings 4 Final/OT Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at Boston Bruins 4 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Winnipeg Jets 4 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Islanders 6 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final Game page

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