The New York Rangers defeated Tampa Bay Lightning in the first game of the National Hockey League (NHL) Eastern Conference Finals.
The match, which took place at the “Madison Square Garden” stadium in New York, ended with a score of 6:2 in favor of the home team.
Artemiy Panarin, the striker of the victorious team, scored a goal and provided an assist to Mika Zibanejad. Goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin saved 37 of 39 shots.
Russian Yildirim defender Mikhail Sergachev scored a point in this game: he assisted Orjey Palat, who, along with Steven Stamkos, scored Tampa’s second goal. Goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky made 28 saves.
The score in the series was 1-0 in favor of Rangers.
Earlier, it was reported that he is the former coach of the Russian national team Vyacheslav Bykov, who is a two-time Olympic champion. talked about the game New York Rangers hockey players Artemiya Panarin and Igor Shesterkin.
NHL. Playoffs. Eastern Conference. End. 1st match
New York Rangers 6-2 Tampa Bay Lightning
1:0 – Kreider (Zibanejad, Vatrano), 01:11;
1:1 – Stamkos (Rutta, Cirelli), 07:19;
2:1 – Vatrano (Fox), 27:50;
2:2 – Rooms (Stamkos, Sergachev), 28:32;
3:2 – Chitil (Kakko, Lafrenier), 30:09;
4:2 – Chitil (Miller, Lafrenier), 35:43;
5:2 – Panarin (Kopp, Trumpet), 40:30;
6:2 – Zibanejad (Panarin, Fox), 46:06.