Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night. Anthony Cirelli and Ryan McDonagh both had a short-handed goal.

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Brayden Point scored two goals in a three-point night to tie for the NHL lead in goals, Tampa Bay scored four times on special teams, and the host Lightning pounded the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night.

One thing is certain, the Lightning aren’t apologizing for a 6-2 win on Saturday. On a night where a struggling New York Rangers team came to town, the Lightning still knew they needed to clamp down early.

New York has lost three straight games and six of their past seven. The Rangers are a miserable 4-14-0 in their past 18 games. In those 14 defeats, they’ve been outscored 59-23. Brayden Point had two goals and one assist, and Nikita Kucherov had one goal ...

TBL 2, NYR 1 18:11 Ryan McDonagh (1) - Anthony Cirelli - SH Defenseman Ryan McDonagh carried the puck the length of the ice and sifted a shot under the blocker of New York goalie Igor Shesterkin from near the right faceoff dot to regain the Lightning lead.

Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 TAMPA, Fla. -- Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night. Anthony Cirelli and Ryan ...

Point had two goals and an assist, and Kucherov had a goal and two assists for the Lightning (20-11-2), who scored twice short-handed and have won six of seven. Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 42 saves.

Radio broadcaster Dave Mishkin recaps Tampa Bay's win over New York on Saturday