Final · All games
TBL – NYR
Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers. Final. The price shown is the one frozen on the ledger before puck drop; nothing is re-priced after the fact.
- Frozen price
- Not on file (no price was frozen before puck drop)
- Expected score
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- Market
- Venue
- Madison Square Garden
Recap · the league's own video
Recap
The league's three-minute recap and condensed game, played in the league's own player. Nothing is downloaded or rehosted.
Schedule spot
What the schedule did to each side
Nights off, back-to-backs, third games in four nights, road-trip position and travel since the last game, from the statistical schedule. Shown as facts; rest is in the price, travel is not.
2 nights off · game 2 of a road trip
1 night off
Starters · depth chart 2026-10-12
In goal
The league names no starter before puck drop. First on each club's depth chart, from the licensed feed, is the expected starter.
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Dylan Garand
Projected lineups · Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts · as of 2026-10-12
Expected lines
What each club intends per the feed's depth chart, with each forward's shooter rating (Elo, against the goalies faced last season). A listing is the club's statement, not a game sheet.
Tampa Bay Lightning
L1 Gage Goncalves (above the league middle) · Brayden Point (below the league middle) · Nikita Kucherov (top tenth of the league)
L2 Brandon Hagel (above the league middle) · Anthony Cirelli (above the league middle) · Jake Guentzel (above the league middle)
L3 Ilya Mikheyev (above the league middle) · Zemgus Girgensons (below the league middle) · Pontus Holmberg (below the league middle)
D1 J.J. Moser (above the league middle) · John Carlson (above the league middle)
D2 Ryan McDonagh (above the league middle) · Erik Cernak (above the league middle)
PP1 Brandon Hagel (above the league middle) · Jake Guentzel (above the league middle) · Nikita Kucherov (top tenth of the league) · Brayden Point (below the league middle) · John Carlson (above the league middle)
New York Rangers
L1 Gabe Perreault (above the league middle) · Mika Zibanejad (top tenth of the league) · Pavel Dorofeyev (above the league middle)
L2 Tye Kartye (above the league middle) · J.T. Miller (bottom tenth of the league) · Alexis Lafreniere (above the league middle)
L3 Will Cuylle (below the league middle) · Noah Laba (below the league middle) · Eeli Tolvanen (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Vladislav Gavrikov (top tenth of the league) · Adam Fox (above the league middle)
D2 Marcus Pettersson (below the league middle) · Sean Durzi (above the league middle)
PP1 Alexis Lafreniere (above the league middle) · J.T. Miller (bottom tenth of the league) · Pavel Dorofeyev (above the league middle) · Mika Zibanejad (top tenth of the league) · Adam Fox (above the league middle)
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Who the clubs list as out
Club-announced listings relayed by the licensed feed. No cause is inferred; Day To Day players are shown but not counted as out.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Yanni Gourde (C): Out (hip), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-12-02
New York Rangers
Adam Sykora (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2027-01-25
Aidan Thompson (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-10-26
Joonas Korpisalo (G): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-01, expected back 2026-11-09
Joseph Veleno (C): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-04, expected back 2027-01-03
Igor Shesterkin (G): Out For Season (lower body), listed since 2026-10-09, expected back 2027-09-15
Officials · the league's game centre
Who has the whistle
Named by the league, usually near puck drop. Each referee's record is from last season's play-by-play penalties; ranks are distance from league norms.
Chris Schlenker
Francois St-Laurent
CJ Murray · Brandon Grillo
Goals · the league's own clips
goals
Each goal plays in the league's own player, or opens on the league's site. Nothing is downloaded or rehosted.
NYR · P1 01:02 · A. Lafrenière (T. Kartye, A. Fox) · on nhl.com
NYR · P1 12:47 · A. Lafrenière (T. Kartye, J. Miller) · on nhl.com
TBL · P1 17:26 · Z. Girgensons (P. Holmberg, V. Hedman) · on nhl.com
NYR · P2 18:26 · W. Cuylle (S. Durzi, M. Pettersson) · on nhl.com
NYR · P3 17:16 · M. Zibanejad (A. Fox, M. Pettersson) · SH · empty net · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger