Tampa Bay Lightning @ New York Rangers

0-1-0, 0-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	1	0	1
Rangers NYR	2	2	1	5

New York RangersRangersNYR

1-1-0, 1-0-0 Home

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 1-0

Lightning
1
Rangers
5

Game 1

10/1

Lightning
Rangers

Game 2

10/13

ESPN+

Rangers
Lightning

Game 3

3/27

Madison Square Garden

7:00 PM, October 1, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

New York, NY

Attendance: 18,006

Referees:
Frederick L'Ecuyer
Morgan MacPhee

Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz
Ryan Daisy

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	1	0	1	3
Boston	1	0	0	2
Montreal	1	0	0	2
Toronto	1	1	0	2
Detroit	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	1	0	0
Tampa Bay	0	1	0	0

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	2
Columbus	1	0	0	2
New Jersey	1	0	0	2
NY Rangers	1	1	0	2
Carolina	0	0	1	1
Philadelphia	0	1	1	1
Washington	0	0	0	0
NY Islanders	0	1	0	0

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