Lafreniere scores twice as Rangers beat Lightning at home

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Alexis Lafreniere scored twice and Dylan Garand made 25 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 in an NHL game on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers won their fifth straight home game and improved to 6-2-0, while Tampa Bay fell to 4-2-0. J.T. Miller, Will Cuylle, Marcus Pettersson, Tye Kartye, Mika Zibanejad, Zemgus Girgensons, Adam Fox and Sean Durzi also contributed. Cuylle and Zibanejad scored, while Miller, Pettersson, Kartye, Fox and Durzi had assists. Girgensons scored for Tampa Bay. The Rangers scored four times overall, with Lafreniere striking twice in the win. Garand stopped 25 of 26 shots. Lafreniere had two goals and four shots on goal. Cuylle had four shots, Zibanejad three, and Kartye two assists. Attendance was 17,076. The Lightning had won four straight before the loss. New York snapped that streak and continued its strong home start.