New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning

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New York Rangers

9-7-2

Final
7 - 3

Tampa Bay Lightning

8-6-2

Cuylle, Trocheck score two each as Rangers beat Lightning 7-3

New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

J.T. Miller, Alexis Lafrenière and Will Borgen also scored for the Rangers, and Artemi Panarin had four assists. Igor Shesterkin finished with 31 saves as New York improved to 8-1-1 on the road.

Scott Sabourin, Zemgus Girgensons and Jake Guentzel scored for the Lightning, who had won six of their previous seven games. Andrei Vasilevskiy gave up five goals on 13 shots through two periods and Jonas Johansson had six saves in the third.

The Rangers, coming off a 6-3 win against Nashville on Monday night for their first home win, finished with their highest scoring total of the season.

Trocheck pushed New York's lead to 5-3 with 1:41 remaining in the second period as he got a cross-ice pass from Panarin and f ired it in from the right circle after Vasilevskiy fell while sliding from his right to his left.

Trocheck scored again at 5:03 of the third from the slot to give the Rangers a three-goal lead, and Cuylle added an empty-netter with 2:11 remaining to cap the scoring.

Cuylle got the Rangers on the scoreboard with a power-play goal at 1:08. Adam Fox's shot from above the inside edge of the left circle d Erik Cernak and then the end boards right to Cuylle on the left doorstep for a quick goal.

The Rangers doubled the Lead at 3:31 when Mika Zibanejad's pass went off Miller's skate and in.

Sabourin pulled the Lightning to 2-1 as he beat Shesterkin from the left circle at 6:04 for his first, and Lafrenière scored from the right circle 1:04 later to restore New York's two-goal lead.

Girgensons pulled Tampa Bay back within one with 6:01 left in the first. Oliver Bjoristrand's shot from the slot hit Yanni Gourde in front and Girgensons put the loose puck in.

Borgen capped the Rangers' four-goal opening period with 3:40 remaining and Guentzel scored a short-handed goal 1:12 later to pull the Lightning to 4-3.

Up next Rangers: Play at Columbus on Saturday.

Lightning: Visit Florida on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

NYR lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 1:09	Will Cuylle Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Fox (11), Artemi Panarin (8)
Goal	1st Period 3:31	J.T. Miller Goal (4) Deflected, assists: Mika Zibanejad (5)
Goal	1st Period 6:04	Scott Sabourin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Curtis Douglas (1), Jack Finley (1)
Goal	1st Period 7:08	Alexis Lafrenière Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Artemi Panarin (9), Carson Soucy (2)
Goal	1st Period 13:59	Zemgus Girgensons Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (2), Oliver Bjorkstrand (5)
Goal	1st Period 16:20	Will Borgen Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 17:32	Jake Guentzel Goal (7) Backhand, assists: J.J. Moser (3)
Goal	2nd Period 18:19	Vincent Trocheck Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Artemi Panarin (10), Vladislav Gavrikov (4)
Goal	3rd Period 5:03	Vincent Trocheck Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Urho Vaakanainen (3), Artemi Panarin (11)
Goal	3rd Period 17:49	Will Cuylle Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Fox (12)

Statistics

NYR		TB
15	Blocked Shots	19
21	Hits	26
4	Takeaways	3
21	Shots	36
1	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	3
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	1
0	Shootout Goals	0
34	Faceoffs Won	28
54.8	Faceoff Win Percent	45.2
17	Giveaways	14
4	Total Penalties	4
8	Penalty Minutes	8

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Erik Cernak, D	Day-To-Day	Nov 19
Victor Hedman, D	Day-To-Day	Nov 19
Pontus Holmberg, RW	Injured Reserve	Nov 15
Ryan McDonagh, D	Injured Reserve	Nov 11
Nick Paul, LW	Injured Reserve	Nov 11