nhl Game Recap
New York Skates Past Tampa Bay 6-3 - Recap
Chris Kreider scored a pair of goals against the Lightning as New York handed Tampa Bay a 6-3 defeat on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.
New York was favored by -117 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Chris Kreider(2), Tyler Motte(2), Kaapo Kakko, and Artemi Panarin each scored for the Rangers in the victory. Kreider opened the scoring for New York.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 28 of 31 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Brandon Hagel, Alex Killorn, and Darren Raddysh scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Igor Shesterkin.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 of 37 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New York went 2-for-5, while the Lightning were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
New York outshot Tampa Bay 37-31 in the game.
Next game, New York takes its act on the road to face St. Louis looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face New York.