Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Monday, May 18, 2015 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 6–2 on Monday, May 18, 2015 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 37–26.
Tyler Johnson scored a hat trick and Alex Killorn scored twice. Chris Kreider, Derek Stepan and Steven Stamkos also scored.
Ben Bishop made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 20 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Johnson (9)Alex Killorn (7)1–005:38 TBL · 
Chris Kreider (6)Martin St. Louis (5), Dan Boyle (3)1–108:50 NYR · - Tyler Johnson (10)Steven Stamkos (8), Nikita Kucherov (6)2–111:15 TBL ·
2nd period
- Tyler Johnson (11)Ondrej Palat (6), Nikita Kucherov (7)3–108:17 TBL
Derek Stepan (5)Martin St. Louis (6), Dan Boyle (4)3–214:17 NYR ·
3rd period
Alex Killorn (4)Victor Hedman (7), Valtteri Filppula (5)4–203:09 TBL
Steven Stamkos (4)Braydon Coburn (2), Nikita Kucherov (8)5–206:28 TBL · - Alex Killorn (5)Jason Garrison (3), Valtteri Filppula (6)6–217:58 TBL ·
Team stats
TBLNYR
2637
46%54%
3/62/5
1222
2628
1710
1014
58
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Brian Boyle · holding2 min - 4:31 into the first periodJason Garrison · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 8:15 into the first periodBrenden Morrow · high sticking2 min
- 10:00 into the first period
Chris Kreider · roughing2 min - 10:31 into the first periodRyan Callahan · tripping2 min
- 11:00 into the first periodDerek Stepan · tripping2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodDerick Brassard · high sticking2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodBraydon Coburn · roughing2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodCedric Paquette · interference2 min
- 1:02 into the third periodDerek Stepan · tripping2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodDerick Brassard · high sticking2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodTanner Glass · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodTanner Glass · misconduct10 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 16:58 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:05 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben BishopG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 17:06 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:16 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:42 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 45James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:33 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 93Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | – |