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Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden, New York Regular Season Final

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 5-2-0
at New York Rangers 5 6-3-0

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 1 0 1
New York Rangers 2 2 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 10 6 24
New York Rangers 7 11 7 25

Three stars

  1. I. Shesterkin, New York Rangers (goaltender)
  2. P. Dorofeyev, New York Rangers (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. M. Zibanejad, New York Rangers (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:34 New York Rangers Mika Zibanejad (1) Pavel Dorofeyev (1), Adam Fox (1) Power play TBL 0, NYR 1
1st 10:51 New York Rangers Pavel Dorofeyev (1) Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Even strength TBL 0, NYR 2
2nd 01:40 New York Rangers Eeli Tolvanen (1) Noah Laba (1) Even strength TBL 0, NYR 3
2nd 07:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (1) Ilya Mikheyev (1), Brayden Point (1) Even strength TBL 1, NYR 3
2nd 16:01 New York Rangers Gabe Perreault (1) Adam Fox (2), Mika Zibanejad (1) Even strength TBL 1, NYR 4
3rd 17:26 New York Rangers Igor Shesterkin (1) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net TBL 1, NYR 5

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers
Shots on goal 24 25
Power play 0 of 7 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 16
Hits 31 22
Blocked shots 16 23
Giveaways 22 18
Takeaways 5 4
Faceoffs won 22/57 (38.6%) 35/57 (61.4%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 J. Harkins C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 0 0 10:55
21 B. Point C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0 30% 22:38
25 J. Viel L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 0 0 08:49
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 14.3% 07:39
29 P. Holmberg R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 14:59
38 B. Hagel L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 23:40
59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 63.6% 24:02
71 A. Cirelli C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 45% 19:56
86 N. Kucherov R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0 24:07
93 G. Goncalves C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 12:09
94 C. Geekie C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 66.7% 12:32
95 I. Mikheyev R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 10:56
27 R. McDonagh D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 15:46
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:07
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 2 0 23:41
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 17:45
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 0 0 16:00
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 2 0 14:54
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 24 20 4 .833 55:52 Loss

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
10 J. Miller C 0 0 0 +1 4 1 0 2 0 78.6% 15:33
13 A. Lafrenière L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 100% 15:15
16 P. Dorofeyev R 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 13:44
17 E. Tolvanen R 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0 1 0 14:18
24 T. Kartye L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 100% 14:47
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 12:25
42 N. Laba C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 1 0 30% 16:14
49 J. Chmelar R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 06:18
50 W. Cuylle L 0 0 0 +1 2 3 3 0 0 50% 14:12
90 J. Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 66.7% 14:45
93 M. Zibanejad C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 3 1 66.7% 18:53
94 G. Perreault R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 10:46
4 B. Schneider D 0 0 0 +2 4 3 2 1 0 18:48
5 S. Durzi D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 20:54
12 A. Smits D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 2 1 0 14:09
23 A. Fox D 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 19:04
26 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 5 0 21:38
44 V. Gavrikov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 23:20
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31 I. Shesterkin 24 23 1 .958 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:01 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser Holding 2
1st 08:20 New York Rangers Braden Schneider Holding 2
1st 13:31 New York Rangers Will Cuylle Holding 2
2nd 02:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeffrey Viel Roughing 2
2nd 02:07 New York Rangers Braden Schneider Roughing 2
2nd 12:51 New York Rangers J.T. Miller Hooking 2
3rd 00:25 New York Rangers J.T. Miller Holding 2
3rd 03:34 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser Tripping 2
3rd 09:04 New York Rangers Adam Fox Tripping 2
3rd 11:01 New York Rangers Noah Laba Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 19:03 New York Rangers Sean Durzi Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
New York Rangers head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Morgan MacPhee
Linesmen
Travis Gawryletz, Ryan Daisy
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Scott Sabourin, Max Crozier, Emil Lilleberg
New York Rangers scratches
Matthew Robertson, Matt Rempe, Scott Morrow

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at New York Rangers 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning 7:00 PM ET Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 1

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final/OT Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Nashville Predators 1 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 6 at Calgary Flames 1 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 0 at Utah Mammoth 6 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 9 at Vancouver Canucks 7 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 3 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final/OT Game page

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