New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 2024 · Amalie Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 44–25

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at Amalie Arena. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 44-25.

Goals came from Nikita Kucherov, Artemi Panarin, Ryan McDonagh, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Jake Guentzel, Vincent Trocheck and Nick Paul.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 8 of 13.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	0	1	2	44
TBL	2	3	1	6	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nikita Kucherov (16)Brayden Point (18), Jake Guentzel (17)0–102:27 TBL · PPG
Artemi Panarin (16)Vincent Trocheck (12), Adam Fox (26)1–109:23 NYR
Ryan McDonagh (1)Anthony Cirelli (18)Trocheck 1:40 into shift1–218:11 TBL · SHG

2nd period

Brayden Point (23)Nikita Kucherov (36)Carrick 1:16 into shift1–303:35 TBL
Anthony Cirelli (14)Brandon Hagel (24)1–405:02 TBL · SHG
Jake Guentzel (20)Brayden Point (19), Nikita Kucherov (37)1–508:08 TBL · PPG

3rd period

Vincent Trocheck (10)Ryan Lindgren (4)2–500:13 NYR · SHG
Nick Paul (9)UnassistedFox 2:56 into shift2–614:12 TBL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:56

2–6 · 3rd 14:12 · Paul. Fox was 2:56 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TBL

1st 2:27 · PP · Kucherov

Trocheck 0:14

Fresh legsTrocheck 0:14

1–1 NYR

1st 9:23 · Panarin

McDonagh 0:10

Fresh legsMcDonagh 0:10

1–2 TBL

1st 18:11 · SH · McDonagh

Stuck out there: Trocheck 1:40

Stuck out thereTrocheck 1:40

1–3 TBL

2nd 3:35 · Point

Long shift: Carrick 1:16

Long shiftCarrick 1:16

1–4 TBL

2nd 5:02 · SH · Cirelli

Panarin 0:42

NormalPanarin 0:42

1–5 TBL

2nd 8:08 · PP · Guentzel

Kreider 0:29

Fresh legsKreider 0:29

2–5 NYR

3rd 0:13 · SH · Trocheck

Hedman 0:13

Fresh legsHedman 0:13

2–6 TBL

3rd 14:12 · Paul

Stuck out there: Fox 2:56

Stuck out thereFox 2:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NYRTBL

44Shots on goal25

52%Faceoff %48%

0/4Power play2/5

10Penalty minutes8

23Hits13

12Blocked shots18

16Giveaways13

10Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 01:46Sam Carrick · tripping2 min
1st 17:05Erik Cernak · hooking2 min
2nd 04:50Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 07:39Sam Carrick · roughing2 min
2nd 10:30Gage Goncalves · tripping2 min
2nd 18:59Sam Carrick · cross checking2 min
3rd 08:18Reilly Smith · hooking2 min
3rd 09:29Will Borgen · cross checking2 min
3rd 10:45Victor Hedman · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Vincent TrocheckC	1	1	2	0	4	0	3	0	66	24:31
10Artemi PanarinL	1	0	1	-1	6	0	1	0	–	20:08
23Adam FoxD	0	1	1	-1	3	1	1	0	–	25:31
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	17:42
13Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:03
20Chris KreiderL	0	0	0	-3	6	1	0	0	–	18:39
26Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	09:12
39Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	6	67	05:08
50Will CuylleL	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	–	13:21
65Brett BerardL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	10:05
72Filip ChytilC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	30	15:06
84Adam EdstromC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:10
91Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	–	16:35
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	48	19:10
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	16:15
17Will BorgenD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	17:04
18Urho VaakanainenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:36
79K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	-1	4	4	1	0	–	21:54

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	L	13	8	5	.615	28:08
32Jonathan QuickG		12	11	1	.917	31:32

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

21Brayden PointC	1	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	61	19:12
86Nikita KucherovR	1	2	3	0	5	0	1	0	–	19:55
59Jake GuentzelC	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	42	17:22
71Anthony CirelliC	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	0	40	15:59
20Nick PaulL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	46	17:15
38Brandon HagelL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:43
27Ryan McDonaghD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	4	0	–	20:12
11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	53	10:57
13Cam AtkinsonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	07:16
14Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	09:27
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	09:58
41Mitchell ChaffeeR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	14:42
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	13:16
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	19:07
48Nick PerbixD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	16:41
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	2	–	25:02
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	17:56
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	16:04

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	44	42	2	.955	59:56