New York Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East Final - Game 4 • Series tied 2-2

52-24-6, 25-14-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Rangers NYR	0	0	1	1
Lightning TB	1	1	2	4

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

51-23-8, 27-8-6 Home

Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 4 to even East final

— The Tampa Bay Lightning delivered on a promise to play with a greater sense of urgency, storming back in the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers and keeping their bid for a third straight Stanley Cup title alive.

Jun 8, 2022, 05:49 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Rangers	0	0	1	1
	Lightning	1	1	2	4

1st Period			NYR	TB
2:38		Pat Maroon (3) Assists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (1), Zach Bogosian (2)	0	1

2nd Period			NYR	TB
13:07		Nikita Kucherov (7) Assists: Ondrej Palat (5), Jan Rutta (2)	0	2

3rd Period		NYR	TB
4:56	Steven Stamkos (7) Assists: Jan Rutta (3), Ondrej Palat (6)	0	3
16:27	Artemi Panarin (6) (Power Play) Assists: Frank Vatrano (8), Chris Kreider (6)	1	3
19:51	Ondrej Palat (7) (Empty Net) Unassisted	1	4

RANGERS

LIGHTNING

Lightning
2
Rangers
6

Game 1

2/6

Lightning
2
Rangers
3

Game 2

4/6

Rangers
2
Lightning
3

Game 3

5/6

Rangers
1
Lightning
4

Game 4

8/6

Lightning
3
Rangers
1

Game 5

10/6

Rangers
1
Lightning
2

Game 6

12/6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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New York Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Andrei VasilevskiyG - TB

Ondrej PalatLW - TB

Jan RuttaD - TB

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Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 in Game 4 to even East final

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