New York Rangers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: final score and stats
New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers 4 to Tampa Bay Lightning 2, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 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.
NHLWednesday, April 15, 2026
DateApr 15, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York RangersTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
34-39-9Record50-26-6
3rd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding3rd in Atlantic Division
2-7Road record / home record8-0
LWWWLLast 5LWWWL
L1StreakL1
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
Brayden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Chmelar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Will Cuylle | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 | 0:35 | 1:19 | 12:45 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tye Kartye | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:05 | 0:34 | 0:49 | 13:42 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Laba | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:27 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 10:40 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:13 | 2:53 | 0:00 | 15:20 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.T. Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:23 | 2:44 | 1:31 | 12:08 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Perreault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 16:32 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:57 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 8:13 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Sheary | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:37 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Sykora | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:44 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Trocheck | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20:19 | 2:41 | 2:37 | 15:01 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 57.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:42 | 2:51 | 3:02 | 15:49 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 15:07 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Fortescue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 | 2:38 | 0:11 | 18:43 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:23 | 0:47 | 4:21 | 21:15 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Robertson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:41 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 16:01 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Schneider | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:41 | 0:00 | 3:41 | 16:00 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Garand | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .935 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 | 3:52 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 12:36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:43 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 15:47 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 12:20 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:56 | 0:00 | 2:49 | 16:07 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 15:14 | 17 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:54 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 15:52 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:47 | 5:02 | 0:46 | 15:59 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Pelletier | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 | 3:10 | 0:00 | 13:02 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 18:46 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 16:54 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 | 0:00 | 2:55 | 12:58 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 16:00 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:45 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 19:40 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 14:52 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Darren Raddysh | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 18:51 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 13:49 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Santini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Halverson | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .810 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 56:47 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
New York Rangers won, 4-2, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
What was the final score of New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
New York Rangers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2.
Who were the top performers?
New York Rangers: Tye Kartye (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Corey Perry (1 goals).
Where is New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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