New York Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East Final - Game 4 • Series tied 2-2

52-24-6, 25-14-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Rangers NYR	0	0	1	1
Lightning TB	1	1	2	4

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

51-23-8, 27-8-6 Home

Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 4 to even East final

— The Tampa Bay Lightning delivered on a promise to play with a greater sense of urgency, storming back in the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers and keeping their bid for a third straight Stanley Cup title alive.

Jun 8, 2022, 05:49 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Rangers	0	0	1	1
	Lightning	1	1	2	4

1st Period			NYR	TB
2:38		Pat Maroon (3) Assists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (1), Zach Bogosian (2)	0	1

2nd Period			NYR	TB
13:07		Nikita Kucherov (7) Assists: Ondrej Palat (5), Jan Rutta (2)	0	2

3rd Period		NYR	TB
4:56	Steven Stamkos (7) Assists: Jan Rutta (3), Ondrej Palat (6)	0	3
16:27	Artemi Panarin (6) (Power Play) Assists: Frank Vatrano (8), Chris Kreider (6)	1	3
19:51	Ondrej Palat (7) (Empty Net) Unassisted	1	4

RANGERS

LIGHTNING

Lightning
2
Rangers
6

Game 1

2/6

Lightning
2
Rangers
3

Game 2

4/6

Rangers
2
Lightning
3

Game 3

5/6

Rangers
1
Lightning
4

Game 4

8/6

Lightning
3
Rangers
1

Game 5

10/6

Rangers
1
Lightning
2

Game 6

12/6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	37	14	4	78
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	19	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

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New York Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Andrei VasilevskiyG - TB

Ondrej PalatLW - TB

Jan RuttaD - TB

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Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 4 to even East final

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