The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the slumping New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday, fueled by a strong performance from Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov.
TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night.Anthony Cirelli and Ryan McDonagh both had a short-handed goal. Jake Guentzel and Nick Paul also scored for the Lightning, who have won six of seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 42 saves.Artemi Panarin had a power-play goal and Vincent Trocheck scored short-handed for New York.
Igor Shesterkin allowed five goals on 13 shots before being pulled at the 8:08 mark of the second period. Jonathan Quick allowed one goal on 12 shots.After a strong start, the Rangers are 4-14 in their past 18 games.Tampa Bay pulled away with three goals in the second, one by Point. He has 23 this season, one behind Edmonton star Leon Draisaitl for the NHL lead.Veteran forward Chris Kreider returned to the Rangers' lineup after being a healthy scratch Monday against New Jersey.TakeawaysRangers: Shesterkin was pulled from a start for the third time this season.Lightning: Tampa Bay captain Victor Hedman became the franchise leader in games played (1,083), surpassing Steven Stamkos. … Cirelli became the fourth Lightning player with two short-handed points in a game. He moved past Rob Zamuner for the second-most short-handed goals (15) in team history.Key momentThe Rangers were on a power play with the game tied 1-all when McDonagh went end-to-end against his former team. He put a shot through Shesterkin at 18:11 of the first to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead after the period despite being outshot 17-6.Key statThe Lightning scored two short-handed goals in a game for the 10th time in franchise history and first since March 2020 against Boston.Up nextThe Rangers play at Florida on Monday in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference final. Tampa Bay hosts Montreal on Sunday
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