Rangers Close Out 2015 With 5-2 Win In Tampa
Wednesday night in Tampa the
Rangers closed out calendar year 2015 with a workmanlike 5-2 victory
over the Lightning at Amalie Arena. It was New York's first road win
since November 21 and first of any kind against the Lightning in their
last six head-to-head regular season meetings dating to 2014.
Dan Boyle, Dominic Moore and Viktor Stalberg all recorded a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who had been 0-6-2 in their previous eight road contests, including Monday's 5-3 loss in Nashville. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 20 of 22 shots to backstop the victory; while his Lightning counterpart Ben Bishop lost to the Rangers for the first time in ten career regular season games.
With the score tied 2-2 early in the final period the Rangers grabbed their third one-goal advantage of the night, scoring at 3:16 after some diligent hard work in the offensive zone by the team's fourth line.
A big hit by Tanner Glass in the corner dislodged the puck causing a turnover. Stalberg grabbed the disc and found Moore skating towards the net. Moore proceeded to beat Bishop one on one with a gorgeous finish, and his fourth goal put the Rangers up 3-2.
Lundqvist made a pair of strong stops th rest of the way as the Rangers played stout defensively to bring this victory to completion.
Stalberg iced it with an empty-net goal--from his own end of the ice--with 1:29 remaining in regulation. Rick Nash then added an empty-netter of his own with 32.1 ticks left on the clock.
The Rangers played a tight, solid game at both ends of the ice, but five trips to the penalty box and two power play goals allowed in the first two periods cost them as they and the Lightning reached the second intermission tied 2-2.
Boyle gave the Rangers a much-desired early lead by scoring on the game's first shot just 1:52 into play. Moore won an offensive zone face off back to Keith Yandle, who skate to his right and seemed to have a clear shot on goal if he wanted it. Instead he patiently waited before dishing to his right where Boyle slipped in all alone to convert a pretty goal, his fifth of the season and third in the past five games.
Tampa Bay would tie the game before the first period was over, finally converting on their third power play of the period at 16:35. Nash--in the midst of an otherwise all-around strong two-way performance--was assessed New York's third high-sticking minor of the period, and he could only watch from the box as Tampa's Jonathan Marchessault tipped an Anton Stralman shot past Lundqvist for his sixth goal of the season, tying the score 1-1.
The Rangers started quickly again in the second period, this time scoring after just 56 seconds had elapsed in the period. J.T. Miller skated hard into the Lightning zone, drawing two defenders toward him, before dropping the puck back to Mats Zuccarello. The Rangers' leading scorer proceeded to wire a wicked shot top shelf over Bishop's glove, his 16th goal giving New York a 2-1 lead.
However yet again a Rangers penalty undid a lot of good work by the visitors during the period. The penalty, though, was not without doubt and controversy. Glass was whistled for an interference penalty after hammering Tampa's Brian Boyle up off his skates and over the boards and into the Rangers bench seemingly as the puck past the former Blueshirt by at 18:37.
Stralman made the Rangers pay with 8.2 seconds remaining in the period when he redirected the puck off Lundqvist and just over the goal line. The referee at first waved the goal off, but then changed the on-ice call, which was then upheld by video review.
POST-GAME WRAP-UP :::
Scoring Summary
1st Period
01:53 NYR Dan Boyle (5) ASST: Keith Yandle (19), Dominic Moore (5) 1 - 0 NYR
16:35 TBL PPG - Jonathan Marchessault (6) ASST: Anton Stralman (12), Nikita Kucherov (15) 1 - 1 Tie
2nd Period
00:56 NYR Mats Zuccarello (16) ASST: J.T. Miller (11), Dan Boyle (9) 2 - 1 NYR
19:51 TBL PPG - Anton Stralman (4) ASST: Valtteri Filppula (12), Nikita Kucherov (16) 2 - 2 Tie
3rd Period
03:16 NYR Dominic Moore (4) ASST: Viktor Stalberg (7) 3 - 2 NYR
18:39 NYR EN - Viktor Stalberg (4) ASST: NONE 4 - 2 NYR
19:27 NYR EN - Rick Nash (12) ASST: Jesper Fast (7) 5 - 2 NYR
Penalty Summary
1st Period
06:27 NYR Tanner Glass Hi-sticking against Braydon Coburn
08:19 TBL Jonathan Marchessault Too many men/ice - bench
10:18 NYR Chris Kreider Slashing against Ben Bishop
15:57 NYR Rick Nash Hi-sticking against Cedric Paquette
2nd Period
04:28 TBL Matthew Carle Interference against Mats Zuccarello
09:30 TBL Victor Hedman Tripping against Oscar Lindberg
10:19 NYR Ryan McDonagh Tripping against J.T. Brown
18:37 NYR Tanner Glass Interference against Brian Boyle
3rd Period
NONE
Shots By Period
Period NYR TBL
1st 8 5
2nd 5 10
3rd 13 7
Total 26 22
Team Stats
Category NYR TBL
Power Plays 0/3 2/5
Hits 27 22
Faceoff Wins 28 27
Giveaways 6 10
Takeaways 6 8
Blocked Shots 15 16
Penalty Minutes 10 6
Dan Boyle, Dominic Moore and Viktor Stalberg all recorded a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who had been 0-6-2 in their previous eight road contests, including Monday's 5-3 loss in Nashville. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 20 of 22 shots to backstop the victory; while his Lightning counterpart Ben Bishop lost to the Rangers for the first time in ten career regular season games.
With the score tied 2-2 early in the final period the Rangers grabbed their third one-goal advantage of the night, scoring at 3:16 after some diligent hard work in the offensive zone by the team's fourth line.
A big hit by Tanner Glass in the corner dislodged the puck causing a turnover. Stalberg grabbed the disc and found Moore skating towards the net. Moore proceeded to beat Bishop one on one with a gorgeous finish, and his fourth goal put the Rangers up 3-2.
Lundqvist made a pair of strong stops th rest of the way as the Rangers played stout defensively to bring this victory to completion.
Stalberg iced it with an empty-net goal--from his own end of the ice--with 1:29 remaining in regulation. Rick Nash then added an empty-netter of his own with 32.1 ticks left on the clock.
The Rangers played a tight, solid game at both ends of the ice, but five trips to the penalty box and two power play goals allowed in the first two periods cost them as they and the Lightning reached the second intermission tied 2-2.
Boyle gave the Rangers a much-desired early lead by scoring on the game's first shot just 1:52 into play. Moore won an offensive zone face off back to Keith Yandle, who skate to his right and seemed to have a clear shot on goal if he wanted it. Instead he patiently waited before dishing to his right where Boyle slipped in all alone to convert a pretty goal, his fifth of the season and third in the past five games.
Tampa Bay would tie the game before the first period was over, finally converting on their third power play of the period at 16:35. Nash--in the midst of an otherwise all-around strong two-way performance--was assessed New York's third high-sticking minor of the period, and he could only watch from the box as Tampa's Jonathan Marchessault tipped an Anton Stralman shot past Lundqvist for his sixth goal of the season, tying the score 1-1.
The Rangers started quickly again in the second period, this time scoring after just 56 seconds had elapsed in the period. J.T. Miller skated hard into the Lightning zone, drawing two defenders toward him, before dropping the puck back to Mats Zuccarello. The Rangers' leading scorer proceeded to wire a wicked shot top shelf over Bishop's glove, his 16th goal giving New York a 2-1 lead.
However yet again a Rangers penalty undid a lot of good work by the visitors during the period. The penalty, though, was not without doubt and controversy. Glass was whistled for an interference penalty after hammering Tampa's Brian Boyle up off his skates and over the boards and into the Rangers bench seemingly as the puck past the former Blueshirt by at 18:37.
Stralman made the Rangers pay with 8.2 seconds remaining in the period when he redirected the puck off Lundqvist and just over the goal line. The referee at first waved the goal off, but then changed the on-ice call, which was then upheld by video review.
POST-GAME WRAP-UP :::
Scoring Summary
1st Period
01:53 NYR Dan Boyle (5) ASST: Keith Yandle (19), Dominic Moore (5) 1 - 0 NYR
16:35 TBL PPG - Jonathan Marchessault (6) ASST: Anton Stralman (12), Nikita Kucherov (15) 1 - 1 Tie
2nd Period
00:56 NYR Mats Zuccarello (16) ASST: J.T. Miller (11), Dan Boyle (9) 2 - 1 NYR
19:51 TBL PPG - Anton Stralman (4) ASST: Valtteri Filppula (12), Nikita Kucherov (16) 2 - 2 Tie
3rd Period
03:16 NYR Dominic Moore (4) ASST: Viktor Stalberg (7) 3 - 2 NYR
18:39 NYR EN - Viktor Stalberg (4) ASST: NONE 4 - 2 NYR
19:27 NYR EN - Rick Nash (12) ASST: Jesper Fast (7) 5 - 2 NYR
Penalty Summary
1st Period
06:27 NYR Tanner Glass Hi-sticking against Braydon Coburn
08:19 TBL Jonathan Marchessault Too many men/ice - bench
10:18 NYR Chris Kreider Slashing against Ben Bishop
15:57 NYR Rick Nash Hi-sticking against Cedric Paquette
2nd Period
04:28 TBL Matthew Carle Interference against Mats Zuccarello
09:30 TBL Victor Hedman Tripping against Oscar Lindberg
10:19 NYR Ryan McDonagh Tripping against J.T. Brown
18:37 NYR Tanner Glass Interference against Brian Boyle
3rd Period
NONE
Shots By Period
Period NYR TBL
1st 8 5
2nd 5 10
3rd 13 7
Total 26 22
Team Stats
Category NYR TBL
Power Plays 0/3 2/5
Hits 27 22
Faceoff Wins 28 27
Giveaways 6 10
Takeaways 6 8
Blocked Shots 15 16
Penalty Minutes 10 6
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