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NHL · Friday 2 October · Madison Square Garden

New York Rangers – Tampa Bay Lightning 5:1: NHL, 02/10/2026

Key facts

Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place

Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.

Form · last 5

New York RangersWWWLL
Tampa Bay LightningLWWWL

League position

New York Rangers7. · 21 pts · 18 pl.
Tampa Bay Lightning5. · 24 pts · 17 pl.

Goals per game · season

New York Rangers3.1 / 2.9 conceded
Tampa Bay Lightning3.7 / 3.1 conceded

Head to head · 1

New York Rangers1–0–0Tampa Bay Lightning

wins – draws – wins

Match report

The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact

The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.

NHL: New York Rangers – Tampa Bay Lightning 5:1 (2 October). New York Rangers won. Venue: Madison Square Garden.

By period: 2:0, 2:1, 1:0.

Goals: M. Zibanejad (New York Rangers); P. Dorofeyev (New York Rangers); E. Tolvanen (New York Rangers); N. Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning); G. Perreault (New York Rangers); I. Shesterkin (New York Rangers).

Table now: New York Rangers — 7th, 21 points from 18 matches; Tampa Bay Lightning — 5th, 24 points from 17 matches.

Head to head (1): New York Rangers — 1 win, Tampa Bay Lightning — 0.

Latvians in this match

Latvian players in this match and their contribution

The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.

Score by period

Goals in each period

OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.

Team123Σ
New York Rangers2215
Tampa Bay Lightning0101

Events

Goals with assists and penalties by period

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Game leaders

Top performers in this game

Skaters

Each skater's contribution in this game

G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goaltenders

Shots, saves and goals against

SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.

New York Rangers

GoaltenderSOGSVGASV%
I. Shesterkin(W)2524196.0%

Tampa Bay Lightning

GoaltenderSOGSVGASV%
A. Vasilevski2520580.0%

Team stats

Both teams' numbers side by side

  • 25Shots on goal24
  • 23Saves20
  • 95%Save %83%
  • 35Faceoffs won22
  • 16Penalty minutes6
  • 8Penalties3
  • 1Power-play goals0
  • 33%Power play %0%
  • 100%Penalty kill %66%
  • 0Short-handed goals0

Teams in the table

Both teams' positions in the league table

Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.

#TeamPWOTWOTLLPts
7New York Rangers181001721
5Tampa Bay Lightning17922424

Form

New York RangersLLWWW
Tampa Bay LightningLWWWL
Full table →

Team leaders

Each team's best players this season

New York RangersTampa Bay Lightning

Points (goals + assists)

Adam Fox23 · 2+21
Nikita Kucherov21 · 5+16
All stats →

Recent matches

Both teams' recent results in all competitions

Head to head

Previous meetings between the two teams

Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).

New York Rangers 1 : 0 Tampa Bay Lightning

  • 14.10.Full timeNew York Rangers41Tampa Bay Lightning