Overview
- Artemi Panarin posted four assists, giving him nine points over his past four games after an early slump.
- Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 shots, turning away all 26 over the final two periods after a shaky opening.
- Vincent Trocheck scored twice, including his first of the season late in the second, while Will Cuylle added two with a power-play opener and an empty-netter.
- The first period featured seven different goal scorers, with New York’s Cuylle, J.T. Miller, Alexis Lafrenière and Will Borgen answering Tampa Bay’s Scott Sabourin, Zemgus Girgensons and Jake Guentzel.
- Tampa Bay skated without injured defensemen Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh as Andrei Vasilevskiy yielded five goals on 13 shots through two periods, while New York improved to 8-1-1 on the road.