New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 15, 2026

FinalWednesday, Apr 15, 2026· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	3	0	4		NYR	6	9	6	21
TBL	0	1	1	2		TBL	8	9	14	31

: NYR 48TBL 66
: NYR 2.70TBL 4.18
PP goals: NYR 1TBL 0
Hits: NYR 23TBL 18
Blocks: NYR 16TBL 11
PIM: NYR 10TBL 10
: NYR 53%TBL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at TBL. Tye Kartye (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:35 together.

Points
Tye Kartye had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:05.Kartye
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:42.Zibanejad
Points
J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.Miller
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:35 together.Trocheck Zibanejad Miller Fox Lafrenière
New line
New look for TBL: Kucherov–Paul–Hagel skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kucherov Paul Hagel
New line
New look for NYR: Trocheck–Cuylle–Chmelar skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Trocheck Cuylle Chmelar
New line
New look for TBL: Perry–Girgensons–Bjorkstrand skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Girgensons Bjorkstrand
Usage
Nick Paul (TBL) played 21:47, +8:16 up on his 13:31 season average over 50 games.Paul

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

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

TBL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · TBL 66 · NYR 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 28% of the game, TBL 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

TBL 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	NYR	TBL
	44	66
	2.13	4.13
	2.07	3.91
	6	16
	7	4
	23	17
	+0.035	−0.035
	28%	32%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
13:3039% CF
L2Trocheck – Cuylle – Chmelar
10:4053% CF
L3Miller – Sheary – Kartye
9:2948% CF
L4Raddysh – Sykora – Laba
7:0136% CF
D1Gavrikov – Fox
15:2844% CF
D2Schneider – Fortescue
12:0144% CF
D3Borgen – Robertson
11:2942% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Lafrenière
2:35100% CF
PP2Gavrikov – Raddysh – Kartye – Cuylle – Perreault
0:32100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Zibanejad
1:26
PK2FCuylle – Laba
0:29
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
1:52
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
0:40

Current NYR line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Paul – Hagel
12:5469% CF
L2Perry – Girgensons – Bjorkstrand
5:3538% CF
L3Gourde – Sabourin – Chaffee
4:2578% CF
D1Crozier – Carlile
12:0076% CF
D2Raddysh – D'Astous
11:2175% CF
D3Cernak – Lilleberg
10:3856% CF

PP1Kucherov – Bjorkstrand – Paul – Raddysh – Hagel
3:0267% CF
PK1FGourde – Girgensons
1:18
PK2FPaul – Chaffee
0:00
PK1DCernak – Lilleberg
1:26
PK2DCrozier – Carlile
0:23

Current TBL 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.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	41	28
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	41	28
Gabe Perreault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	39	19
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	1	0	20:19	—	—	43	23
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	5	2	4	14:39	—	—	48	43
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	4	13:26	—	—	33	19
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.19	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	46	77
Tye Kartye L	L3	2	1	3	+1	3	0.58	2	1	2	15:05	—	—	46	43
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	42	38
Noah Laba C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	25	24
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.37	2	0	0	8:57	—	—	36	56
Adam Sykora L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	8:44	—	—	29	47
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.41	0	2	0	26:23	—	—	44	34
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:32	—	—	41	37
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	39	20
Drew Fortescue D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	38	36
Matthew Robertson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	2	1	0	16:41	—	—	41	47
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	4	0	16:17	—	—	36	35

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dylan Garand(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	4.18	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Paul L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.51	0	0	0	21:47	—	—	69	74
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	0	1	0	20:54	—	—	69	73
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.56	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	70	77
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.90	2	2	2	19:16	—	—	43	49
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	46	28
Corey Perry R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	0	1	2	16:12	—	—	54	18
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.52	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	70	73
Mitchell Chaffee R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	13:19	—	—	52	84
Scott Sabourin R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	60	86
Declan Carlile D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	54	77
Maxwell Crozier D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	77	91
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	0	2	19:45	—	—	61	61
Darren Raddysh D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.22	1	2	0	18:51	—	—	74	73
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	4	16:20	—	—	62	54
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	15:53	—	—	57	53
Gage Goncalves C	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	53	50
Jakob Pelletier L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	11:10	—	—	75	88
Steven Santini D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	0	8:49	—	—	27	34

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Halverson(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.31	56:47

Goal anatomy

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

Tye Kartye (NYR) 1st 4:02 · assists Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Gavrikov · Rush · carried in · 75.0 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Tye Kartye · 1st 4:02 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 75.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Tye Kartye · 2nd 1:29 · NYR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 64.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Gabe Perreault · 2nd 4:49 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.0 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: deflection

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Oliver Bjorkstrand · 2nd 11:15 · TBL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s
Type: rebound

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 12:46 · NYR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: one-timer

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Corey Perry · 3rd 0:51 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 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.

New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 15, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Tye Kartye · 1st 4:02 · NYR

Tye Kartye · 2nd 1:29 · NYR

Gabe Perreault · 2nd 4:49 · NYR

Oliver Bjorkstrand · 2nd 11:15 · TBL

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 12:46 · NYR PP

Corey Perry · 3rd 0:51 · TBL