nhl Game Recap
Rangers vs Lightning Final: 4-1 - Recap
New York skated to a 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Tuesday in NHL action at Madison Square Garden.
New York was an underdog by +193 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
New York got goals from Ryan Strome, Kaapo Kakko, Filip Chytil, and Adam Fox in the victory. Kakko opened the scoring at 9:37 of the second period.
Alexandar Georgiev turned in a 29-save effort for the Rangers.
Tampa Bay got a goal from Nikita Kucherov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 38 of 41 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New York went 1-for-4, while the Lightning were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 42-30.
Next game, New York takes its act on the road to face Nashville looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face New Jersey.