⚡ Away Lightning 0-1-0
1–2
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 1-0-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 1001
🗽 NYR 0202

Lightning at Rangers

Rangers beat Lightning 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on October 5, 2008.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Scott Gomez
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:02 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Wade Redden
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:08 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Markus Naslund
1 A
1 shots · 17:46 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Adam Hall Go-ahead 1st · 18:17
Assists: Andrej Meszaros, Chris Gratton · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
2nd period
🗽 Wade Redden PP Tying 2nd · 03:47
Assists: Markus Naslund, Scott Gomez · beat Olie Kolzig
1–1
🗽 Scott Gomez Go-ahead 2nd · 12:12
Assists: Aaron Voros, Wade Redden · beat Olie Kolzig
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 19:12
L2 Malone · Stamkos · Vrbata 14:53
L3 Jokinen · Gratton · Recchi 12:42
L4 Roberts · Hall · Artyukhin 10:34
D1 Meszaros · Carle 26:49
D2 Heward · Lundin 19:14
D3 Niskala · Mihalik 13:14
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Drury · Dubinsky 21:43
L2 Naslund · Dawes · Zherdev 16:36
L3 Korpikoski · Betts · Callahan 10:37
L4 Voros · Prucha · Orr 6:11
D1 Rozsival · Redden 22:04
D2 Kalinin · Girardi 20:02
D3 Mara · Staal 18:12

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL NYR🗽
19 Shots on goal 39
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
31 Hits 10
20 Blocked shots 12
8 Takeaways 12
7 Giveaways 11
13 Penalty minutes 15
TBL shooting 5.3% (1/19) NYR shooting 5.1% (2/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Olie Kolzig
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 59:11 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 1–2
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 2–0
Oct 42008 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 2–1 Mar 152008 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 0–3 Jan 82008 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 5–3 Nov 212007 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 2–1 Oct 292007 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 1–3
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❓ TBL vs NYR, answered

Who won Lightning vs Rangers on October 5, 2008?

Rangers won 2–1. The final score was Lightning 1, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Lightning?

Adam Hall.

Who scored for Rangers?

Scott Gomez, Wade Redden.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 4 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterOct 11 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–3
🗽 Rangers
BeforeOct 4 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterOct 10 🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR 2–4
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