Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York RangersOct 1, 2026

FinalThursday, Oct 1, 2026· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	1	0	1		TBL	9	10	6	25
NYR	2	2	1	5		NYR	7	11	7	25

: TBL 64NYR 52
: TBL 2.57NYR 3.87
PP goals: TBL 0NYR 1
Hits: TBL 31NYR 22
Blocks: TBL 16NYR 23
PIM: TBL 6NYR 16
: TBL 39%NYR 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Dorofeyev and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:37 together.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:53.Zibanejad
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:44.Dorofeyev
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:04.Fox
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Dorofeyev and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:37 together.Zibanejad Miller Fox Dorofeyev Lafrenière
New line
New look for NYR: Veleno–Kartye–Chmelar skated 4:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Veleno Kartye Chmelar
Luck
TBL scored 1 goal on 2.57 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
PP1
TBL's PP1 (Carlson, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point and Hagel) went scoreless in 7:18 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Carlson Kucherov Guentzel Point Hagel
Cats
Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR) blocked 5 shots in 23:20.Gavrikov

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 116 of 116 attempts · NYR 52 · TBL 64

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 32% of the game, NYR 41%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

NYR skaters (rows) against TBL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYR side.

Matchup matrix

NYR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	NYR
	52	47
	1.82	2.25
	1.76	2.17
	16	10
	4	1
	20	22
	−0.123	+0.124
	32%	41%

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

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
8:0571% CF
L2Kucherov – Point – Mikheyev
6:5855% CF
L3Harkins – Goncalves – Geekie
5:0445% CF
L4Girgensons – Viel – Holmberg
4:5953% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:2671% CF
D2Hedman – D'Astous
11:0150% CF
D3Carlson – Moser
9:2952% CF

PP1Carlson – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:18100% CF
PP2Cirelli – D'Astous – Holmberg – Goncalves – Geekie
3:07100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:01
PK2FGuentzel – Harkins
0:49
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:17
PK2DHedman – D'Astous
0:23

Current TBL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev
8:5545% CF
L2Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
8:4857% CF
L3Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba
8:0871% CF
L4Veleno – Kartye – Chmelar
4:4430% CF
D1Pettersson – Durzi
11:0750% CF
D2Gavrikov – Fox
10:1370% CF
D3Schneider – Smits
9:2738% CF

PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Dorofeyev – Lafrenière
1:3775% CF
PP2Miller – Bjorkstrand – Durzi – Cuylle – Perreault
0:48
PK1FVeleno – Kartye
4:32
PK2FCuylle – Laba
1:52
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
4:42
PK2DPettersson – Durzi
4:26

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.31	0	0	0	24:02	—	—	68	43
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	1	0	0	23:40	—	—	75	79
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	2	0	19:56	—	—	70	80
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.38	0	1	0	24:07	—	—	58	61
Brayden Point C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	22:38	—	—	52	47
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.23	0	1	0	10:56	—	—	48	48
Conor Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:32	—	—	41	36
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	33	39
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	0	0	10:55	—	—	33	28
Pontus Holmberg R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	14:59	—	—	46	31
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	4	0	2	8:49	—	—	48	31
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:39	—	—	53	43
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	5	0	0	16:00	—	—	52	55
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:46	—	—	72	63
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:07	—	—	50	52
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	4	0	17:45	—	—	44	47
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	1	2	0	23:41	—	—	57	34
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	2	2	4	14:54	—	—	47	28

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.50	55:52

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.49	0	2	4	15:33	—	—	52	55
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.61	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	41	44
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	46	55
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.39	2	3	0	18:53	—	—	54	61
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.36	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	58	61
Gabe Perreault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	55	59
Noah Laba C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:14	—	—	44	54
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	55	75
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	3	0	2	14:12	—	—	59	60
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	14:47	—	—	30	45
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	2	0	14:45	—	—	42	45
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	6:18	—	—	21	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.35	0	5	0	21:38	—	—	50	62
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:54	—	—	50	54
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	23:20	—	—	54	57
Adam Fox D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.44	0	0	2	19:04	—	—	61	54
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.01	3	1	4	18:48	—	—	35	51
Alberts Smits D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:09	—	—	39	53

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.57	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mika Zibanejad (NYR PP) 1st 5:34 · assists Pavel Dorofeyev, Adam Fox · Rebound · 68.4 mph shot.

Mika Zibanejad · 1st 5:34 · NYR PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 10:51 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Eeli Tolvanen · 2nd 1:40 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.0 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 7:59 · TBL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 9.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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Gabe Perreault · 2nd 16:01 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Igor Shesterkin · 3rd 17:26 · NYR EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 7-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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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.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York RangersOct 1, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers rout Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Tampa Bay Lightning

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Mika Zibanejad · 1st 5:34 · NYR PP

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 10:51 · NYR

Eeli Tolvanen · 2nd 1:40 · NYR

Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 7:59 · TBL

Gabe Perreault · 2nd 16:01 · NYR

Igor Shesterkin · 3rd 17:26 · NYR EN