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New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Wednesday, April 15, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

New York RangersNY RangersRangersAway

4–2

Final

SOG 21–31

Tampa Bay LightningTampa BayLightningHome

TVAS2 · The Spot · MSG

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 31-21.

Tye Kartye scored twice. Gabe Perreault, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Mika Zibanejad and Corey Perry also scored.

Dylan Garand made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Brandon Halverson stopped 17 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR130421
Tampa Bay LightningTBL011231

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTye KartyeNYR · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starCorey PerryTBL · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starScott SabourinTBL · 0G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:16

3–0 · 2nd 4:49 · Perreault. Cernak was 2:16 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceTBL on ice

1–0 NYR

1st 4:02 · Kartye

Long shift: Goncalves 1:22

2–0 NYR

2nd 1:29 · Kartye

Crozier 0:45

3–0 NYR

2nd 4:49 · Perreault

Stuck out there: Cernak 2:16

3–1 TBL

2nd 11:15 · Bjorkstrand

Gavrikov 0:17

4–1 NYR

2nd 12:46 · PP · Zibanejad

Long shift: Girgensons 1:06

4–2 TBL

3rd 0:51 · Perry

Robertson 0:27

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

NYRTBL
21Shots on goal31
53%Faceoff %47%
1/3Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes10
23Hits18
16Blocked shots11
12Giveaways20
4Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 2nd 02:33Charle-Edouard D'Astous · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 07:53Will Cuylle · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:55Oliver Bjorkstrand · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 12:23Emil Lilleberg · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 12:23Jaroslav Chmelar · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 12:23Will Cuylle · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 12:23Corey Perry · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 12:23Emil Lilleberg · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 01:29Jaroslav Chmelar · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:47Tye Kartye · slashing2 min

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