New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 26, 2015 · Amalie Arena
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–3 on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 39–34.
Derick Brassard scored a hat trick and Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Keith Yandle, Ryan Callahan, J.T. Miller, James Sheppard and Rick Nash also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Derick Brassard (7)J.T. Miller (5), Dan Boyle (7)1–003:36 NYR
Keith Yandle (2)Derick Brassard (6), Rick Nash (7)2–015:30 NYR
Ryan Callahan (1)Anton Stralman (6), Ben Bishop (2)2–117:20 TBL ·
3rd period
J.T. Miller (1)Derick Brassard (7), Rick Nash (8)3–103:02 NYR
James Sheppard (1)Dominic Moore (2), Tanner Glass (1)4–106:00 NYR- Derick Brassard (8)J.T. Miller (6), Rick Nash (9)5–107:14 NYR
Nikita Kucherov (8)Tyler Johnson (7)5–207:50 TBL
Rick Nash (5)Keith Yandle (9), J.T. Miller (7)6–210:21 NYR · - Nikita Kucherov (9)Tyler Johnson (8), Nikita Nesterov (5)6–313:21 TBL
- Derick Brassard (9)Unassisted7–318:19 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRTBL
3439
53%47%
1/31/3
88
2722
1712
811
97
Penalties
- 13:03 into the first period
Marc Staal · holding the stick2 min - 17:00 into the first periodChris Kreider · cross checking2 min
- 17:00 into the first period
Steven Stamkos · cross checking2 min - 17:00 into the first periodDerek Stepan · cross checking2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodNikita Kucherov · hooking2 min
- 17:20 into the second periodBrenden Morrow · hooking2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodNikita Nesterov · slashing2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodDan Girardi · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Derick BrassardC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 10 | 16:22 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 5 | 17:41 |
| 93Keith YandleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 13:40 |
| 45James SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:35 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 15:50 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 15:35 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:03 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:27 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben BishopG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 7 | 1 | .857 |