⚡ Away Lightning 4-3-4
2–5
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 10-4-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 0112
🗽 NYR 1135

Lightning at Rangers

Rangers beat Lightning 5–2 at Madison Square Garden on November 6, 2008.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Chris Drury
3 G
3 shots · 20:37 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Nikolay Zherdev
2 A
4 shots · 13:40 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
36 saves
0.947 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Ryan Callahan PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:09
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev, Michal Rozsival · beat Mike Smith
0–1
2nd period
🗽 Chris Drury SH 2nd · 14:23
Unassisted · beat Mike Smith
0–2
⚡ Martin St. Louis 2nd · 18:36
Assists: Vinny Prospal, Marek Malik · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–2
3rd period
🗽 Chris Drury PP 3rd · 00:35
Assists: Scott Gomez, Wade Redden · beat Mike Smith
1–3
⚡ Ryan Malone PP 3rd · 07:58
Assists: Mark Recchi, Martin St. Louis · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–3
🗽 Marc Staal 3rd · 08:27
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev, Aaron Voros · beat Mike Smith
2–4
🗽 Chris Drury PP 3rd · 19:32
Assists: Dmitri Kalinin, Michal Rozsival · beat Mike Smith
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · St. Louis · Recchi 19:31
L2 Jokinen · Malone · Lecavalier 16:17
L3 Stamkos · Artyukhin · Hall 12:28
L4 Roberts · Gratton · Vrbata 8:55
D1 Ranger · Meszaros 22:50
D2 Carle · Lundin 18:18
D3 Krajicek · Malik 16:42
🗽Rangers
L1 Naslund · Gomez · Drury 20:37
L2 Sjostrom · Dubinsky · Callahan 14:31
L3 Dawes · Zherdev · Prucha 12:40
L4 Voros · Betts · Orr 9:58
D1 Rozsival · Mara 22:31
D2 Staal · Redden 20:08
D3 Girardi · Kalinin 17:13

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL NYR🗽
38 Shots on goal 35
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/8
38 Hits 33
13 Blocked shots 18
5 Takeaways 9
4 Giveaways 5
38 Penalty minutes 18
TBL shooting 5.3% (2/38) NYR shooting 14.3% (5/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 59:50 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
36/38
.947 SV% · 2 GA · 59:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 3–0
Oct 52008 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 1–2 Oct 42008 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 2–1 Mar 152008 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 0–3 Jan 82008 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 5–3 Nov 212007 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 2–1
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❓ TBL vs NYR, answered

Who won Lightning vs Rangers on November 6, 2008?

Rangers won 5–2. The final score was Lightning 2, Rangers 5.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis, Ryan Malone.

Who scored for Rangers?

Chris Drury (3), Marc Staal, Ryan Callahan.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves on 38 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeNov 5 ⚡TBL @ 😈NJD 3–4 AfterNov 8 ⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI 2–1
🗽 Rangers
BeforeNov 4 🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR 2–1 AfterNov 8 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 1–3
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