Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Rangers 5: final score and stats
New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 to New York Rangers 5, on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLThursday, October 1, 2026
DateOct 1, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueMadison Square Garden, New York, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance18,006
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New York Rangers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningNew York Rangers
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
0-1-0Record1-1-0
3rd in Atlantic DivisionStanding3rd in Metropolitan Division
3-6Road record / home record8-2
LWWWLLast 5LWWWL
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningNew York Rangers
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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveNew 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 ReserveBox score
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 | 3:57 | 1:14 | 14:45 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 45.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 | 3:21 | 0:00 | 9:11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:39 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 7:02 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:09 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 8:53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 24:02 | 9:30 | 0:50 | 13:42 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 23:40 | 8:43 | 1:01 | 13:56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jansen Harkins | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 10:55 | 0:02 | 0:52 | 10:01 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:59 | 3:20 | 0:00 | 11:39 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 24:07 | 9:38 | 0:00 | 14:29 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:56 | 0:06 | 0:28 | 10:22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:38 | 9:29 | 0:03 | 13:06 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Viel | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 8:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:49 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 23:41 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 14:33 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 14:36 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:07 | 3:49 | 0:38 | 14:40 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 | 1:55 | 1:13 | 14:37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:46 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 13:54 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:54 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .833 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 55:52 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Chmelar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Cuylle | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 | 0:52 | 2:51 | 10:29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 12:04 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tye Kartye | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:01 | 5:51 | 8:55 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Laba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 | 0:03 | 3:19 | 12:52 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 | 1:37 | 0:00 | 13:38 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.T. Miller | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:33 | 1:29 | 1:15 | 12:49 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 78.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Gabe Perreault | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 9:55 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 | 1:00 | 2:41 | 10:37 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 6:33 | 8:12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:53 | 1:41 | 3:14 | 13:58 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Durzi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:54 | 0:56 | 6:01 | 13:57 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Fox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 | 1:39 | 0:52 | 16:33 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:20 | 0:04 | 7:02 | 16:14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:38 | 0:00 | 6:05 | 15:33 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Schneider | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 | 0:00 | 5:49 | 12:59 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Alberts Smits | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 18 | 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 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .958 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
NYR lead series 1-0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers?
New York Rangers won, 5-1, on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers?
Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Rangers 5.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (1 goals). New York Rangers: Mika Zibanejad (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers played?
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY.
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