New York Rangers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 6: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat New York Rangers, New York Rangers 2 to Tampa Bay Lightning 6, on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers.
NHLSaturday, December 28, 2024
DateDec 28, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York RangersTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
16-18-1Record20-11-2
3rd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
4-7Road record / home record8-1
WWLWWLast 5LWWLW
W2StreakL1
Team stats
New York RangersTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New York Rangers
Alberts Smits D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveSean Durzi D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveIgor Shesterkin G · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveJoe Veleno C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAidan Thompson C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutAnthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
New York Rangers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Berard | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:05 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 9:59 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:08 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Filip Chytil | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 15:06 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 13:42 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Cuylle | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 13:21 | 1:23 | 0:39 | 11:19 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Edstrom | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 18:39 | 5:40 | 1:41 | 11:18 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 14:29 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artemi Panarin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:08 | 5:41 | 0:00 | 14:27 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 | 1:22 | 2:19 | 12:54 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Vincent Trocheck | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24:31 | 5:41 | 3:22 | 15:28 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 65.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Vesey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:10 | 2:47 | 2:21 | 14:02 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 48.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Borgen | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:04 | 0:12 | 1:04 | 15:48 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Fox | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:31 | 5:32 | 4:02 | 15:57 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Lindgren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 | 0:13 | 4:00 | 13:29 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 21:54 | 1:44 | 1:39 | 18:31 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Schneider | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16:15 | 0:01 | 0:32 | 15:42 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Urho Vaakanainen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:36 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .615 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28:08 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Quick | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .917 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31:32 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:42 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 | 0:15 | 4:52 | 10:52 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:27 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 9:15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:58 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 7:19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 | 0:00 | 2:14 | 8:43 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 | 5:34 | 0:00 | 11:48 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:43 | 5:25 | 4:37 | 11:41 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 | 5:34 | 0:00 | 14:21 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:15 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 17:14 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 | 5:25 | 0:10 | 13:37 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:04 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 12:12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25:02 | 5:34 | 2:20 | 17:08 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:56 | 0:03 | 1:43 | 16:10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:12 | 0:00 | 5:55 | 14:17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 | 0:03 | 0:41 | 15:57 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:07 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 42 | .955 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 59:56 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 6-2, on Saturday, December 28, 2024.
What was the final score of New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
New York Rangers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 6.
Who were the top performers?
New York Rangers: Vincent Trocheck (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (1 goals).
Where is New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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