Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 6-2 victory over the New York Rangers. Anthony Cirelli and Ryan McDonagh both scored short-handed goals for the Lightning, who have won six of their last seven games.
Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate - The Canadian PressTAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night.
Anthony Cirelli and Ryan McDonagh both had a short-handed goal. Jake Guentzel and Nick Paul also scored for the Lightning, who have won six of seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 42 saves. Artemi Panarin had a power-play goal and Vincent Trocheck scored short-handed for New York. Igor Shesterkin allowed five goals on 13 shots before being pulled at the 8:08 mark of the second period. Jonathan Quick allowed one goal on 12 shots.Tampa Bay pulled away with three goals in the second, one by Point. He has 23 this season, one behind Edmonton star Leon Draisaitl for the NHL lead.
Veteran forward Chris Kreider returned to the Rangers' lineup after being a healthy scratch Monday against New Jersey.Lightning: Tampa Bay captain Victor Hedman became the franchise leader in games played , surpassing Steven Stamkos. … Cirelli became the fourth Lightning player with two short-handed points in a game. He moved past Rob Zamuner for the second-most short-handed goals in team history.
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