Overview
- The teams combined for seven first-period goals, and New York carried a 4-3 lead into the intermission.
- Artemi Panarin recorded four assists as 11 Rangers registered points in the win.
- Vincent Trocheck scored his first two goals of the season, and Will Cuylle added two including a power-play strike 1:09 in.
- New York improved to 8-1-1 on the road with 17 points in its first 10 road games, a franchise-best start away from home.
- Tampa Bay, already missing multiple regulars, lost Brandon Hagel to a first-period hit, and Andrei Vasilevskiy was replaced after allowing five goals on 13 shots.