Tampa Bay Lightning

6thin Atlantic · 0-1-0, 0 PTS

Ugh, no.

Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the New York Rangers

0-1-0, 0 PTS 1 – 5

1-1-0, 2 PTS

Final · Thu, Oct 1

Game Details

Madison Square Garden (New York) · 18,006 fans · MSG, The Spot - MTN, ESPN+

Highlights

Igor Shesterkin becomes first Rangers goalie to score in 5-1 win over Lightning in home opener

Igor Shesterkin became the first New York Rangers goalie to score when he lofted the puck the length of the ice into an empty net, capping a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 Mika Zibanejad nets power-play goal

0:25 Pavel Dorofeyev tallies goal vs. Lightning

0:45 Eeli Tolvanen tallies goal vs. Lightning

0:27 Nikita Kucherov lights the lamp

Clips play on ESPN

Madison Square Garden · New York

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
TB	0	1	0	1
NYR	2	2	1	5

Game Leaders

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov · 1Goals
Brayden Point · 1Assists
Nikita Kucherov · 1Points

New York Rangers

Mika Zibanejad · 1Goals
Adam Fox · 2Assists
Mika Zibanejad · 2Points

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

Scoring

3rd 17:26

ENG Igor Shesterkin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none1–5

2nd 16:01

Gabe Perreault Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Adam Fox (2), Mika Zibanejad (1)1–4

2nd 7:59

Nikita Kucherov Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Ilya Mikheyev (1), Brayden Point (1)1–3

2nd 1:40

Eeli Tolvanen Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Laba (1)0–3

1st 10:51

Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)0–2

1st 5:34

PPG Mika Zibanejad Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (1), Adam Fox (1)0–1

Team Stats

Tampa Bay LightningNew York Rangers

Shots & Puck

24 Shots on Goal 25

16 Blocked Shots 23

31 Hits 22

38.6 Faceoff % 61.4

5 Takeaways 4

22 Giveaways 18

Special Teams

0/7 Power Play 1/2

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

6 Penalty Minutes 16

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
A. Cirelli	0	0	0	3	19:56	0	1	2	0	3:57	1:14	14:45	26	0	9	11	45.0	2	0
C. Geekie	0	0	0	0	12:32	0	3	0	0	3:21	0:00	9:11	15	0	2	1	66.7	0	0
Z. Girgensons	0	0	-1	0	7:39	0	3	0	0	0:00	0:37	7:02	11	0	1	6	14.3	0	0
G. Goncalves	0	0	-1	0	12:09	0	1	0	0	3:16	0:00	8:53	15	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
J. Guentzel	0	0	-1	3	24:02	0	0	0	1	9:30	0:50	13:42	22	0	7	4	63.6	1	0
B. Hagel	0	0	-1	3	23:40	0	1	0	1	8:43	1:01	13:56	24	2	0	2	0.0	1	0
J. Harkins	0	0	-1	1	10:55	0	5	0	0	0:02	0:52	10:01	12	0	0	4	0.0	1	0
P. Holmberg	0	0	-1	3	14:59	0	1	0	0	3:20	0:00	11:39	18	0	0	0	0.0	3	0
N. Kucherov	1	0	-1	1	24:07	0	0	1	1	9:38	0:00	14:29	21	3	0	0	0.0	4	0
I. Mikheyev	0	1	-1	0	10:56	0	0	1	0	0:06	0:28	10:22	15	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
B. Point	0	1	-1	1	22:38	0	0	1	0	9:29	0:03	13:06	20	2	3	7	30.0	1	0
J. Viel	0	0	-2	1	8:49	2	4	0	0	0:00	0:00	8:49	13	1	0	0	0.0	1	1

Defense

Player	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Carlson	-2	4	23:41	0	1	2	0	9:08	0:00	14:33	24	1	2	0
E. Cernak	-1	1	16:00	0	5	0	0	0:00	1:24	14:36	23	1	0	0
C. D'Astous	0	0	19:07	0	2	2	1	3:49	0:38	14:40	22	0	1	0
V. Hedman	0	2	17:45	0	2	4	0	1:55	1:13	14:37	21	0	0	0
R. McDonagh	-1	1	15:46	0	1	1	1	0:00	1:52	13:54	23	0	1	0
J.J. Moser	-1	0	14:54	4	1	2	0	0:10	0:00	14:44	19	2	1	2

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
A. Vasilevskiy	20	24	4	.833	55:52	18	2	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
O. Bjorkstrand	0	1	1	1	12:25	0	0	0	0	0:52	0:00	11:33	19	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
J. Chmelar	0	0	0	1	6:18	0	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	6:18	11	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
W. Cuylle	0	0	1	3	14:12	2	3	0	0	0:52	2:51	10:29	23	3	1	1	50.0	1	1
P. Dorofeyev	1	1	0	5	13:44	0	0	0	0	1:40	0:00	12:04	20	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
T. Kartye	0	0	0	0	14:47	0	5	0	0	0:01	5:51	8:55	24	0	1	0	100.0	0	0
N. Laba	0	1	1	0	16:14	2	0	1	0	0:03	3:19	12:52	24	0	3	7	30.0	1	1
A. Lafreniere	0	0	1	3	15:15	0	0	0	0	1:37	0:00	13:38	17	0	1	0	100.0	2	0
J.T. Miller	0	0	1	1	15:33	4	0	2	1	1:29	1:15	12:49	25	1	11	3	78.6	0	2
G. Perreault	1	0	1	1	10:46	0	2	0	0	0:51	0:00	9:55	14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
E. Tolvanen	1	0	2	1	14:18	0	0	1	0	1:00	2:41	10:37	22	0	0	1	0.0	1	0
J. Veleno	0	0	0	1	14:45	0	4	2	1	0:00	6:33	8:12	25	0	10	5	66.7	0	0
M. Zibanejad	1	1	1	3	18:53	0	2	3	0	1:41	3:14	13:58	23	1	8	4	66.7	2	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
S. Durzi	0	0	0	20:54	2	0	2	1	0:56	6:01	13:57	23	0	3	1
A. Fox	2	0	0	19:04	2	0	0	0	1:39	0:52	16:33	26	3	1	1
V. Gavrikov	0	0	0	23:20	0	1	5	0	0:04	7:02	16:14	27	0	2	0
M. Pettersson	0	1	1	21:38	0	0	5	1	0:00	6:05	15:33	26	2	1	0
B. Schneider	0	2	3	18:48	4	2	1	0	0:00	5:49	12:59	26	0	1	2
A. Smits	0	3	0	14:09	0	2	1	0	0:00	0:00	14:09	18	0	1	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
I. Shesterkin	23	24	1	.958	60:00	15	8	0	0

Injury Report

New York Rangers

Joe Veleno CDay-To-Day
Joonas Korpisalo GInjured Reserve
Aidan Thompson CInjured Reserve
Adam Sykora LWInjured Reserve

Tampa Bay Lightning

Emil Lilleberg DDay-To-Day
Yanni Gourde CInjured Reserve
Dominic James CInjured Reserve

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