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 a goal and an assist, and Adam Fox recorded two assists. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Noah Laba each added an assist. Braden Schneider had three shots and four penalty minutes, while Will Cuylle and Alexis Lafreniere each recorded three shots. The Rangers improved to 1-1, and the Lightning dropped to 0-1. Attendance at Madison Square Garden was 18,006.