Tampa Bay Lightning v. New York Rangers
Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2
Game Recap:
At Madison Square Garden would see the Eastern Conference Final return for Game 5 with the series all tied up at two games a piece between the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning. After a scoreless and penalty-less first period the game would begin to get interesting as Braden Schneider would go to the box to give the Bolts the first powerplay of the game. After failing on the powerplay the Lightning would get called for too many men on the ice to give the Rangers their first powerplay of the game. While the Rangers would not score on the powerplay, Ryan Lindgren would strike with an off angle shot to give the Rangers the 1-0 lead. Later in the period the Bolts would go back to the powerplay, but once again the Rangers would foil their chances with the extra man advantage. However, before the second period would end Mikhail Sergachev would strike to tie the game at one for the Lightning.
Then in the third period it would be a relatively quiet period, but late in the period Sergachev would net his second goal of the game to give the Bolts the 2-1 lead. Then with the Rangers goalie pulled Brandon Hagel would score the empty netter to give the Lightning the 3-1 victory over the Rangers to take the 3-2 series lead as they head back to Tampa for Game 6. However, after the final buzzer we would get some fireworks as there would be a bit of a line brawl take place between the two teams.
Lineups:
Tampa Bay Ligthning:
Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Alex Killorn
Ross Colton — Nicholas Paul — Corey Perry
Pat Maroon — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Riley Nash
Victor Hedman — Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev — Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Cal Foote
Injured: Brayden Point (lower body)
New York Rangers:
Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Frank Vatrano
Artemi Panarin — Ryan Strome — Andrew Copp
Alexis Lafreniere — Filip Chytil — Kaapo Kakko
Tyler Motte — Barclay Goodrow — Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Jacob Trouba
Justin Braun — Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Kevin Rooney, Patrik Nemeth, Libor Hajek, Greg McKegg, Julien Gauthier, Jonny Brodzinski, Dryden Hunt
Injured: Sammy Blais (knee)
First Period:
N/A
| End of First | TB – 0 | NYR – 0 |
| Shots | 3 | 8 |
| Faceoff Wins | 7 | 9 |
| Hits | 16 | 16 |
| Powerplay | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Second Period:
NYR Penalty – 3:05 – Braden Schneider 2 minutes for Hooking
TB Penalty – 7:51 – Bench (Corey Perry) 2 minutes for Too Many Men
NYR Goal – 10:29 – Ryan Lindgren (2) from unassisted
NYR Penalty – 11:07 – K’Andre Miller 2 minutes for Hooking
TB Goal – 17:34 – Mikhail Sergachev (1) from unassisted
| End of Second | TB – 1 | NYR – 1 |
| Shots | 16 | 16 |
| Faceoff Wins | 20 | 13 |
| Hits | 23 | 22 |
| Powerplay | 0/2 | 0/1 |
Third Period:
TB Goal – 18:10 – Mikhail Sergachev (2) from Victor Hedman (12) and Steven Stamkos (7)
TB ENG – 19:01 – Brandon Hagel (2) from Nikita Kucherov (15)
TB Penalty – 20:00 – Erik Cernak2 minutes for Roughing
TB Penalty – 20:00 – Steven Stamkos 5 minute major for Fighting
NYR Penalty – 20:00 – Adam Fox 2 minutes for Slashing
NYR Penalty – 20:00 – Ryan Strome 2 minutes for Roughing
NYR Penalty – 20:00 – Alexis Lafreniere 5 minute major for Fighting
| End of Third | TB – 3 | NYR – 1 |
| Shots | 27 | 25 |
| Faceoff Wins | 29 | 23 |
| Hits | 27 | 31 |
| Powerplay | 0/2 | 0/1 |
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