Lightning vs. Rangers (Oct 1, 2026)

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Lightning TBL

0-0-0 in Last 10

Rangers NYR

0-1-0

0-1-0 in Last 10

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Lightning

Rangers

Notes

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Odds

TBL

NYR

-143

Open

+120

Open

-143

+120

o6.0

-110

u6.0

-110

-1.5

+165

+1.5

-200

Forward Matchup

TBL #

P. Dorofeyev

NYR RW #16

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

TBL #

M. Pettersson

NYR D #26

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

TBL #

I. Shesterkin

NYR G #31

Wins

Save Pct

.909

Goals Against Avg

2.02

TBL

Team Stats

NYR

Goals per Game

Goals Against per Game

Shots per Game

24.00

Shots Against per Game

23.00

Power Play Pct

0.0

Penalty Kill Pct

100.0

Save Pct

.870

2026-27 Atlantic Division

TBLNYR

Team	W	L	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	1	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	2	1
Panthers	1	0	2	1
Sabres	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	-1

Team	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	1	1	-1
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0
Flyers	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0
Rangers	1	0	0	-3

TBL

Last 5

NYR

Tue, Sep 29

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Game Info

October 1, 2026

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Madison Square Garden

New York, New York

Team Leaders

Season

Career vs NYR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
John Carlson J. Carlson	58	8	33	41	-5	12	3	11	0	0	0	0	144	5.6	0	0	0	54	109	31	45	23:53
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	33	10	30	40	0	6	4	12	0	0	3	0	86	11.6	1	2	50.0	23	15	21	36	18:59
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	42	3	23	26	-4	24	1	10	0	2	1	1	82	3.7	0	0	0	53	67	24	34	23:39
Brayden Point B. Point	23	12	14	26	-8	6	4	6	0	1	2	0	61	19.7	134	262	51.1	13	10	10	9	18:47
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	35	13	10	23	-1	10	1	5	1	0	1	0	104	12.5	16	44	36.4	47	16	15	22	18:41
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	23	6	6	12	-7	27	2	0	1	0	1	0	38	15.8	74	170	43.5	26	9	7	9	16:18
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	32	6	4	10	-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	53	11.3	72	135	53.3	50	15	7	10	14:20
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	17	4	6	10	+9	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	36	11.1	105	215	48.8	14	15	10	5	16:46
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	15	5	3	8	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	15.2	4	8	50.0	8	14	8	12	16:33
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	15	2	3	5	-1	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	21	29	9	12	20:36
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	18	1	2	3	-3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	43	25	5	11	18:34
Ilya Mikheyev I. Mikheyev	8	2	1	3	+5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	0	1	0.0	3	0	4	5	15:35
Scott Sabourin S. Sabourin	3	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	7	1	0	3	9:56
Jeffrey Viel J. Viel	2	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	10:21
Pontus Holmberg P. Holmberg	7	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	5	10	50.0	3	2	0	1	11:19
Charle-Edouard D'Astous C. D'Astous	3	0	1	1	-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	19:13
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	6	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	0	1	2	14:27
J.J. Moser J.J. Moser	10	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	3	8	1	6	20:05
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	7	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	6	6	1	5	17:31
Jansen Harkins J. Harkins	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	5	20.0	2	4	1	2	8:59
Conor Geekie C. Geekie	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	4	1	1	0	13:55
Dominic James D. James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	0	0	0	0	9:20
Max Crozier M. Crozier	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	2	1	5	16:28

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	18	18	7	9	2	565	513	.908	52	2.93	0	1064

Team Leaders

O. Bjorkstrand

GWG

O. Bjorkstrand

SV%

.909

I. Shesterkin

Season

Career vs TBL

Skater	GP	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:33
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	1	-1	0	2	0.0	8	15	53.3	2	0	0	3	16:12
Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	23:08
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	1	-1	0	2	0.0	9	16	56.3	2	0	2	1	18:31
Adam Fox A. Fox	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18:25
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	1	-1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	19:58
Eeli Tolvanen E. Tolvanen	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13:56
Sean Durzi S. Durzi	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	23:15
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	1	0	0	0	0	4	11	36.4	3	3	0	1	15:57
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	1	-1	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	15:49
Tye Kartye T. Kartye	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	0	0	0	13:20
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	1	-2	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	1	15:03
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	4	0	0	3	18:17
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	9:49
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	16:14
Noah Laba N. Laba	1	-2	2	0	0	4	7	57.1	2	0	0	0	12:56
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16:20
Alberts Smits A. Smits	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	16:54

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	1	1	0	1	0	22	20	.909	2	2.02	0	59

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	39	13	16	29	-5	6	6	5	1	0	4	1	101	12.9	315	571	55.2	34	13	23	23	18:36
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	24	7	14	21	+2	4	1	6	0	1	1	1	52	13.5	108	194	55.7	35	13	11	18	17:08
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	24	7	8	15	+3	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	51	13.7	4	7	57.1	19	12	16	11	17:03
Adam Fox A. Fox	17	1	11	12	+2	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	0	0	0	3	34	12	11	22:39
Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	19	1	8	9	+7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	1	1	100.0	41	35	6	15	20:55
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	14	2	6	8	+9	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	10.0	2	7	28.6	17	7	8	8	15:40
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	21	2	4	6	-2	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	23	8.7	0	0	0	26	33	5	9	21:50
Eeli Tolvanen E. Tolvanen	13	2	3	5	-1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	17	10	3	3	14:09
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	9	2	2	4	+1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	1	4	25.0	27	6	2	6	14:04
Tye Kartye T. Kartye	4	2	1	3	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	9	2	2	1	12:30
Sean Durzi S. Durzi	9	1	1	2	-11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	10	11	8	9	20:23
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	19	0	2	2	-4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	67	138	48.6	37	7	2	3	12:46
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	12	1	1	2	+4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	32	16	7	4	16:52
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	5	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	3	2	1	5	16:15
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	4	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	1	5	14:39
Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	3	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	16:34
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	6	1	0	0	12:07
Jaroslav Chmelar J. Chmelar	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	13:26
Scott Morrow S. Morrow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	15:12
Adam Sykora A. Sykora	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8:44
Noah Laba N. Laba	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	9	22	40.9	1	2	0	3	13:36

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	13	13	8	4	1	386	356	.922	30	2.39	2	754
	Joonas Korpisalo J. Korpisalo	14	13	3	6	1	348	304	.874	44	3.99	0	662

Rangers host the Lightning in Eastern Conference action

The Associated Press

Sep 30, 2026

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers

New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

LINE: Lightning -143, Rangers +118; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning square off in Eastern Conference action.

New York went 34-39-9 overall and 14-20-7 at home a season ago. The Rangers scored 53 power-play goals last season on 215 chances for a 24.6% success rate.

Tampa Bay had a 50-26-6 record overall and a 26-12-6 record in road games last season. The Lightning scored 286 total goals last season (50 power-play goals and six shorthanded goals).

INJURIES: Rangers: Aidan Thompson: out (lower-body), Adam Sykora: out (lower-body).

Lightning: Dominic James: out (hand), Yanni Gourde: out (hip).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Lightning TBL

Rangers NYR

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Rangers host the Lightning in Eastern Conference action

Players Mentioned

Yanni Gourde