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The\u00a0New York Rangers\u00a0went down to Benchmark International Arena and took down the\u00a0Tampa Bay Lightning, 7-3. The bulk of the action came in the first period, with the Rangers ultimately pulling away again to seal it. New York picked up their fifth-straight road win.<\/p>\n
Will Cuylle (5) opened the scoring just over a minute into the game on a power-play goal, and JT Miller (4) followed that one up shortly after. The Lightning cut the lead in half with a goal from Scott Sabourin (1), but Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re (4) responded quickly to make it 3-1.<\/p>\n
Before the period was over, it would be a series of the Lightning getting within a goal after the Rangers re-padded the lead a couple more times. The score was 4-3 after just one period.<\/p>\n
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For a moment, it looked like the Lightning would be able to overcome having a makeshift lineup of American Hockey League players due to injuries. However, the road warrior Rangers would prove to be too much.<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck\u00a0picked up the lone goal of the second period, and he scored another to extend the lead to 6-3 in the third. Cuylle, who opened the scoring, got to cap things off by picking up an empty-netter to reach the final score of the game.<\/p>\n
Artemi Panarin stood out in the game for racking up four points despite never finding the back of the net. Trocheck and Cuylle had multi-goal games while only requiring two shots apiece. Despite a combined 10 goals in the game, both teams were a combined 1-for-6 on the power play.<\/p>\n
The Rangers take their road trip north to Ohio to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. EST. Meanwhile, the Lightning hit the road on Saturday when they take on the Florida Panthers in Sunrise. Puck drop is set for 5 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n
Artemi Panarin is beginning to shake off his early season struggles.<\/p>\n
With a newly shaven head, the star Russian wing has posted nine points \u2014 three goals and six assists \u2014 in the last four games after assisting on four goals in the Rangers\u2019 7-3 win over the Lightning on Wednesday night at Benchmark International Arena.<\/p>\n
Just like that, Panarin leads the Rangers in points (16).<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when he\u2019s at his best, the puck follows him around,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday after an optional morning skate. \u201cHe finds a way to have it a lot. I thought the last game he had it a lot. There are probably a number of reasons for that, but that\u2019s what the game looks like when he\u2019s at his best. I think he\u2019s a threat off the rush. I think he has an uncanny ability to delay or slow the play down and allow the rush to go by him and then create opportunity. I think he\u2019s getting better as far as supporting the play in the offensive zone. We\u2019re trying to encourage him to be a little bit closer to his linemates, and I think he\u2019s doing a better job there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought his line had more offensive zone time. I think that line has the ability to create offense in a number of different ways. They\u2019re going to be dangerous off the rush because they\u2019re talented, but they can build that grind game and they can be dangerous there also, because they\u2019re talented. But that takes collective effort there, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re trying to help them. But I thought the line in general had a strong game last game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Artemi Panarin battles Jake Guentzel for the puck during the Rangers\u2019 7-3 blowout road win over the Lightning on Nov. 12, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n Despite looking rather disconnected through the first few weeks of the season, Panarin has collected four multipoint games through the first 18 contests \u2014 including one three-point game and two four-point efforts.<\/p>\n The Rangers have a record ofare 4-0 every time Panarin has collected multiple points in a game this season.<\/p>\n \u201cMy confidence [is] OK now,\u201d Panarin said after his two-goal effort on Monday against the Predators. \u201cBetter than before.\u201d<\/p>\n Igor Shesterkin saved 33 of the 36 shots he faced in his sixth win of the season.<\/p>\n In a move he said was largely due to matchups, Sullivan shifted Will Cuylle up to play with J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad toward the end of the second period and through the third.<\/p>\n \u201c[Lightning coach Jon Cooper] wanted that match with [Nikita] Kucherov, [Jake] Guentzel and Brayden Point,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cWe just felt like that\u2019s a tall task for a young kid [Gabe Perreault] that hasn\u2019t played a whole lot in the league. If that was going to be the match, we thought it made more sense to have a guy like Will play with J.T. and Mika in that circumstance. Some of it was just based on the feel of the game, but some of it was just from a matchup strategy standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n The Rangers signed Spencer Martin to a two-year contract Wednesday before putting the 30-year-old goalie on waivers. If he clears, Martin will be assigned to Hartford.<\/p>\n Appearing in nine games for the Hurricanes last season, Martin posted a 3-4-1 record with an .846 save percentage and a 3.89 goals-against average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0New York Rangers\u00a0went down to Benchmark International Arena and took down the\u00a0Tampa Bay Lightning, 7-3. The bulk of the action came in the first period, with the Rangers ultimately pulling away again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t