Tampa Bay Lightning roll past New York Rangers in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New York Rangers 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 17-12, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Shane Pinto opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Lightning at 1:53, Shane Pinto extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 15:50, and Sean Durzi extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 18:04.

Mackenzie Blackwood was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 2, New York Rangers 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 15-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Pavel Buchnevich extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 2:01, then Anthony Cirelli extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning on the power play at 11:52.

Mackenzie Blackwood was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 1-for-2 while New York Rangers went 0-for-1.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Tampa Bay Lightning 2, New York Rangers 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 10-2, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Warren Foegele extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 5:54, then Tyler Toffoli extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 17:20.

Mackenzie Blackwood was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1 while New York Rangers went 0-for-1.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.