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Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers Wrap - New York Wins 6-2

Filip Chytil scored a pair of goals against the Lightning as New York handed Tampa Bay a 6-2 defeat on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.

New York was an underdog by +111 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

New York got goals from Filip Chytil(2), Mika Zibanejad, Frank Vatrano, Chris Kreider, and Artemi Panarin in the victory. Kreider opened the scoring at 1:11 of the first period.

Igor Shesterkin stopped 37 of 39 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.

Steven Stamkos, and Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Igor Shesterkin.

Tampa Bay got a 28-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.

On the power play, New York went 1-for-2, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 39-34.