Lightning 6-2 Rangers (29 Dec, 2024) Play-by-Play

New York Rangers

16-18-1, 9-9-0 away

	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	1	2
TB	2	3	1	6

TIME	NYR	TB
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Brayden Point faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	0
0:11	Puck in Crowd	0	0
0:11	Brayden Point faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	0
0:16	Chris Kreider Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0
0:19	Goalie Stopped	0	0
0:19	Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Luke Glendening	0	0
0:32	Adam Fox Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
0:51	Alexis Lafrenière Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0
0:53	Goalie Stopped	0	0
0:53	Nick Paul faceoff won against Will Cuylle	0	0
1:00	Hand Pass	0	0
1:00	Nick Paul faceoff won against Filip Chytil	0	0
1:14	Braden Schneider hit Gage Goncalves	0	0
1:18	Will Cuylle hit Nick Perbix	0	0
1:46	Sam Carrick Tripping against Cam Atkinson	0	0
1:46	Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	0
2:08	Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin	0	0
2:09	Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
2:27	Nikita Kucherov Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (18), Jake Guentzel (17)	0	1
2:27	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck	0	1
2:33	Icing	0	1
2:33	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck	0	1
2:55	Vincent Trocheck Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
2:57	Puck in Netting	0	1
2:57	Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	1
3:03	Mika Zibanejad Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
3:05	Adam Fox Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
3:13	Adam Fox hit Nikita Kucherov	0	1
3:21	Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov	0	1
4:02	Brett Berard shot blocked by Nick Perbix	0	1
4:12	Off-side	0	1
4:12	Luke Glendening faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	1
4:17	Mika Zibanejad Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
4:32	Mika Zibanejad Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
4:35	Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
4:37	Will Borgen shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons	0	1
4:37	Emil Lilleberg hit Adam Edstrom	0	1
4:42	Adam Edstrom hit Cam Atkinson	0	1
4:46	Jimmy Vesey shot blocked by Darren Raddysh	0	1
4:52	Darren Raddysh Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	1
5:02	Conor Geekie hit Will Borgen	0	1
5:03	Erik Cernak shot blocked by Artemi Panarin	0	1
5:06	Puck in Netting	0	1
5:06	Brayden Point faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	1
5:19	Ryan McDonagh Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
5:31	Icing	0	1
5:31	Brayden Point faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	1
5:45	Takeaway by Victor Hedman	0	1
5:48	Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Adam Fox	0	1
5:50	Brayden Point Wrist Shot High and Wide Left	0	1
7:11	K'Andre Miller hit Brandon Hagel	0	1
7:25	Will Borgen hit Conor Geekie	0	1
7:51	Giveaway by Will Cuylle	0	1
7:53	Takeaway by Will Cuylle	0	1
7:58	Will Cuylle Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
8:49	Chris Kreider Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
8:50	Goalie Stopped	0	1
8:50	Brayden Point faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	0	1
9:01	Chris Kreider shot blocked by Nick Perbix	0	1
9:13	Chris Kreider Tip-In Wide Right	0	1
9:13	Puck Frozen - Goalie	0	1
9:13	Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	0	1
9:23	Artemi Panarin Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Vincent Trocheck (12), Adam Fox (26)	1	1
9:23	Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	1	1
9:47	Erik Cernak shot blocked by Vincent Trocheck	1	1
9:52	Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh	1	1
9:57	Giveaway by Artemi Panarin	1	1
10:07	Victor Hedman shot blocked by Will Borgen	1	1
10:35	Will Cuylle Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
10:43	Icing	1	1
10:43	Nick Paul faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck	1	1
10:49	Giveaway by Darren Raddysh	1	1
11:08	Adam Edstrom hit Mitchell Chaffee	1	1
11:27	Icing	1	1
11:27	Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Nick Paul	1	1
11:34	Chris Kreider shot blocked by Victor Hedman	1	1
11:56	K'Andre Miller Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
12:49	Vincent Trocheck Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
13:11	Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
13:15	Jake Guentzel hit Alexis Lafrenière	1	1
13:50	Cam Atkinson Snap Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin	1	1
14:07	K'Andre Miller Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	1
14:12	Takeaway by Erik Cernak	1	1
14:17	Takeaway by Filip Chytil	1	1
14:26	K'Andre Miller hit Cam Atkinson	1	1
15:05	Jimmy Vesey Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
15:19	Braden Schneider shot blocked by Nick Paul	1	1
15:43	Giveaway by Ryan Lindgren	1	1
15:48	Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin	1	1
15:49	Goalie Stopped	1	1
15:49	Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Jake Guentzel	1	1
15:57	Off-side	1	1
15:57	Brayden Point faceoff won against Chris Kreider	1	1
16:02	Icing	1	1
16:02	Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad	1	1
16:08	Icing	1	1
16:08	Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Jake Guentzel	1	1
16:18	K'Andre Miller hit Jake Guentzel	1	1
16:19	Takeaway by K'Andre Miller	1	1
16:26	Adam Fox Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
16:42	Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin	1	1
16:54	Erik Cernak hit Vincent Trocheck	1	1
16:58	Will Borgen shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh	1	1
17:01	Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	1
17:05	Erik Cernak Hooking against Vincent Trocheck	1	1
17:05	TV Timeout	1	1
17:05	Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	1	1
17:08	Adam Fox shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg	1	1
17:12	Mika Zibanejad Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
17:20	Puck in Crowd	1	1
17:20	Luke Glendening faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck	1	1
17:38	Puck in Crowd	1	1
17:38	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck	1	1
17:56	Takeaway by Vincent Trocheck	1	1
18:01	Mika Zibanejad Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	1
18:11	Ryan McDonagh Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (18)	1	2
18:11	Luke Glendening faceoff won against Filip Chytil	1	2
19:05	Filip Chytil Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	1	2
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	2

Nicholas Paul scores goal for Lightning

0:36

Vincent Trocheck scores short-handed goal vs. Lightning

0:43

Brayden Point nets power-play goal

0:50

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Rangers
2
Lightning
6

Game 1

29/12

Lightning
Rangers

Game 2

8/4

Lightning
Rangers

Game 3

18/4

Amalie Arena

12:00 AM, 29 December 2024

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Jean Hebert
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Julien Fournier
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	25	10	2	52
New Jersey	24	13	3	51
Carolina	22	13	2	46
Pittsburgh	17	17	5	39
Columbus	16	16	6	38
Philadelphia	17	17	4	38
NY Islanders	14	17	7	35
NY Rangers	16	19	1	33

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	23	13	2	48
Florida	23	13	2	48
Boston	20	15	4	44
Tampa Bay	20	12	2	42
Ottawa	19	15	2	40
Montreal	17	17	3	37
Detroit	15	18	4	34
Buffalo	14	20	4	32

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