The regular season game of the National Hockey League (NHL) was played today, April 6, between the New York Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The match, which took place at the “Madison Square Garden” stadium in New York, ended with the victory of the home team with a score of 6:3. The match started at 2:30 Moscow time.
As part of the Rangers, Chris Kreider (double), Kaapo Kakko, Tyler Mott (double) and Russian forward Artemy Panarin scored. Russian forward Vladimir Tarasenko provided an assist. Alex Killorn and Brandon Hagel score for Lightning (double). Nikita Kucherov had an assist.
Thus, Rangers and Tampa have played 78 games each this season. The New York team is fourth in the NHL Eastern Conference standings with 103 points. Yıldırım ranks sixth in the East with 96 points.
Previously, Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Evgeny Kuznetsov spoke that his team had lost any chance of reaching the NHL playoffs.