New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning

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New York Rangers

34-39-9

Final
4 - 2

Tampa Bay Lightning

50-26-6

Kartye scores 2 goals as the Rangers beat the Lightning 4-2

New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Gabe Perreault and Mika Zibanejad — on the power play — also scored for New York, which snapped a three-game losing streak, while Dylan Garand made 29 saves in his first start since March 27. Zibanejad also had an assist.

Oliver Bjorkstrand and Corey Perry scored for the playoff-bound Lightning, who rested several key players. Brandon Halverson made 17 saves.

Kartye scored 4:02 into the game to give the Rangers the early lead, then added his second 1:29 into the second period for his first multigoal game in the NHL. By adding an assist on Perreault's goal at 4:49 of the second period that made it 3-0, Kartye had his first three-point NHL game.

Perry scored 51 seconds into the third period on a spinning backhand shot.

The Lightning were 0-for-3 on the power play in the game and have just one power-play goal in their last 11 games.

Max Crozier was back in the lineup for Tampa Bay after missing 26 games with an injury.

Up next Rangers: The Rangers' season is over.

Lightning: Host Montreal in Game 1 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Regular Season Series

NYR win series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 4:02	Tye Kartye Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Mika Zibanejad (44), Vladislav Gavrikov (21)
Goal	2nd Period 1:29	Tye Kartye Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: J.T. Miller (35), Conor Sheary (11)
Goal	2nd Period 4:49	Gabe Perreault Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Will Cuylle (18), Tye Kartye (14)
Goal	2nd Period 11:15	Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (12) Backhand, assists: Scott Sabourin (4), Mitchell Chaffee (1)
Goal	2nd Period 12:46	Mika Zibanejad Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: Alexis Lafrenière (33), J.T. Miller (36)
Goal	3rd Period 0:51	Corey Perry Goal (17) Backhand, assists: Zemgus Girgensons (11), Emil Lilleberg (8)

Statistics

NYR		TB
16	Blocked Shots	11
23	Hits	18
4	Takeaways	4
21	Shots	31
1	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	3
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	26
52.7	Faceoff Win Percent	47.3
12	Giveaways	20
5	Total Penalties	5
10	Penalty Minutes	10

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Zemgus Girgensons, C	Day-To-Day	Oct 30
Yanni Gourde, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 28

New York Rangers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Eeli Tolvanen, RW	Day-To-Day	Oct 30
James Reimer, G	Day-To-Day	Oct 27
Igor Shesterkin, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 11
Joe Veleno, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 10
Joonas Korpisalo, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 10