Tampa Bay 1, at N.Y. Rangers 4

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Alexis Lafreniere scored twice, Dylan Garand made 25 saves and the New York Rangers beat the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, extending their home winning streak to five games and snapping Tampa Bay’s four-game run. Will Cuylle and Mika Zibanejad also scored for the Rangers, who improved to 6-2-0. The Lightning fell to 4-2-0. New York controlled much of the early pace and never trailed after Lafreniere opened the scoring. The Rangers struck first at 1:02 of the opening period when Lafreniere beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a wrist shot.… Read more...