Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York RangersApr 17, 2025

FinalThursday, Apr 17, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	0	0	0		TBL	5	14	8	27
NYR	0	1	3	4		NYR	2	11	9	22

: TBL 50NYR 46
: TBL 2.28NYR 2.40
PP goals: TBL 0NYR 0
Hits: TBL 2NYR 10
Blocks: TBL 10NYR 14
PIM: TBL 2NYR 6
: TBL 44%NYR 56%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers rout Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NYR: Trocheck–Panarin–Perreault skated 11:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:33.Zibanejad
Points
Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:33.Kreider
New line
New look for NYR: Trocheck–Panarin–Perreault skated 11:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Trocheck Panarin Perreault
New line
New look for NYR: Carrick–Brodzinski–Rempe skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Brodzinski Rempe
Usage
Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 21:27, +8:48 up on his 12:39 season average over 59 games.Goncalves
Usage
Cam Atkinson (TBL) played 16:41, +7:54 up on his 8:47 season average over 38 games.Atkinson
Usage
J.T. Miller (NYR) played 12:57, −5:19 down on his 18:16 season average over 71 games.Miller
Luck
TBL scored 0 goals on 2.28 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · NYR 46 · TBL 50

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 37% of the game, NYR 23%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYR

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	NYR
	56	52
	2.74	2.59
	2.56	2.50
	11	7
	4	2
	26	11
	−0.050	+0.050
	37%	23%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Paul – Goncalves – Geekie
9:4150% CF
L2Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
9:3450% CF
L3Kucherov – Gourde – Point
7:4643% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
12:3863% CF
D2Perbix – Lilleberg
11:5732% CF
D3Hedman – Moser
7:5057% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
2:3367% CF
PP2Gourde – Paul – Raddysh – Cirelli – Goncalves
1:15
PK1FGourde – Paul
0:13
PK1DRaddysh – Moser
0:13

Current TBL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Perreault
11:4047% CF
L2Carrick – Brodzinski – Rempe
11:0143% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Cuylle
10:1169% CF
L4Miller – Lafrenière – Othmann
8:3315% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
16:3348% CF
D2Fox – Robertson
15:3957% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Jones
14:4639% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
0:13
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:25
PK2FTrocheck – Miller
1:22
PK1DVaakanainen – Robertson
1:28
PK2DBorgen – Miller
1:17

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:02
NYRVincent TrocheckSH (J.T. Miller)snap0.10 xG
TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, HagelNYR: Trocheck, Miller, Vaakanainen, Robertson
TBL 0 – 1 NYR

3rd period

4:02
NYRChris Kreider (Mika Zibanejad, Will Cuylle)snap0.17 xG
TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Gourde, Point, RaddyshNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Borgen, Miller, Cuylle
TBL 0 – 2 NYR
12:50
NYRMika Zibanejad (K'Andre Miller)slap0.14 xG
TBL: Paul, Perbix, Goncalves, Lilleberg, GeekieNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Borgen, Miller, Cuylle
TBL 0 – 3 NYR
16:24
NYRMika Zibanejad (Chris Kreider)tip-in0.14 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Gourde, Girgensons, Raddysh, CernakNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, Robertson, Cuylle
TBL 0 – 4 NYR

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gage Goncalves C	L1	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	58	54
Conor Geekie C	L1	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	53	65
Nick Paul L	L1	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	71	72
Jake Guentzel C	L2	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	63	83
Brandon Hagel L	L2	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	14:37	—	—	47	71
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	50	75
Yanni Gourde C	L3	-2	3	0.15	0	1	0	19:24	—	—	45	37
Nikita Kucherov R	L3	-2	3	0.10	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	44	26
Brayden Point C	L3	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	38	24
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	-1	0	0.20	0	1	0	15:08	—	—	62	44
Erik Cernak D	D1	-1	0	0.05	0	0	2	13:56	—	—	62	48
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	42	50
Nick Perbix D	D2	-1	1	0.30	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	55	70
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	61	61
Victor Hedman D	D3	-2	2	0.02	0	3	0	16:09	—	—	44	32
Darren Raddysh D	—	-2	3	0.23	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	44	41
Zemgus Girgensons C	—	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	54	49
Cam Atkinson R	—	0	4	0.25	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	59	51

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.40	59:33

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	42	43
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	42	43
Gabe Perreault R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	40	49
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	48	31
Matt Rempe C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	1	0	14:07	—	—	46	36
Jonny Brodzinski C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	44	35
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	2	1	3	+3	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	63	76
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.19	0	1	2	14:33	—	—	64	74
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	1	1	+3	3	0.47	2	0	0	13:56	—	—	70	80
J.T. Miller C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	15	11
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	20	10
Brennan Othmann L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	33	35
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	2	0	22:24	—	—	44	45
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.22	0	2	2	19:42	—	—	53	62
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	4	2	21:28	—	—	53	32
Matthew Robertson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	2	1	0	19:52	—	—	55	35
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	38	59
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	3	0	18:25	—	—	43	64

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.28	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Vincent Trocheck (NYR SH) 2nd 1:02 · assists J.T. Miller · Forecheck turnover · 55.6 mph shot.

Vincent Trocheck · 2nd 1:02 · NYR SH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Chris Kreider · 3rd 4:02 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 12:50 · NYR

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 58.6 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 16:24 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.