Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Saturday, May 16, 2015 · Madison Square Garden
NBC · CBC · TVA
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 30–24.
Goals came from Derek Stepan, Ondrej Palat and Dominic Moore.
Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 28 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Derek Stepan (4)Chris Kreider (1), Ryan McDonagh (5)0–119:47 NYR
3rd period
Ondrej Palat (4)Tyler Johnson (5), Victor Hedman (6)1–106:45 TBL · 
Dominic Moore (1)Kevin Hayes (2), Derick Brassard (4)1–217:35 NYR
Team stats
TBLNYR
2430
57%43%
1/40/2
48
1830
1715
68
410
Penalties
- 3:47 into the second period
J.T. Miller · slashing2 min - 4:10 into the second period
Ondrej Palat · hooking2 min - 8:41 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodRyan McDonagh · high sticking2 min
- 9:39 into the third periodChris Kreider · holding the stick2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodDominic Moore · tripping2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:56 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 42Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:52 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben BishopG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:07 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:13 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:16 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 45James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:48 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 93Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | – |