NHL

Tampa Bay 1, at N.Y. Rangers 5

Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Final

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Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2 · W1 · #4 (1373 ELO -8)

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New York Rangers

6-3 · L1 · #16 (1295 ELO +8)

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Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

Attendance: 18,006

Shesterkin scores as Rangers rout Lightning at home

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Igor Shesterkin became the first New York Rangers goalie to score, lofting the puck the length of the ice into an empty net as the Rangers beat the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 in an NHL game on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Mika Zibanejad opened the scoring less than six minutes into the Rangers’ home opener, and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored in the first period. Eeli Tolvanen and Gabe Perreault added second-period goals. Shesterkin stopped 24 of 25 shots. Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa Bay. Zibanejad finished with a goal and an assist, Dorofeyev had… Read more...

Top Statlines

Igor Shesterkin NYR 1w 24sv 25sog
Mika Zibanejad NYR 1g 1a 3sog 3hit
Pavel Dorofeyev NYR 1g 1a 5sog

Forecasting

ELO Probability TBL 60.9%

Spread TBL -1.5

Projected Score TBL 3 NYR 2

Money Line NYR +120/TBL -140

Over/Under 5.5 (Over)