#Box Score
[Full stats at NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-tbl/2023/12/30/2023020560)
##Scoreboard – Final :(((
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total
—|—|—-|—-|—-
NYR [](/r/rangers) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5
TB [](/r/tampabaylightning) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
##Scoring
Team | Goal Scorer | Description | Assist 1 | Assist 2 | Period | Time
—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Panarin (21) | EV, Hedman slipped | Trocheck (22) | Lafreniere (11) | 1st | 1:51
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Trocheck (9) | EV, poor D | Trouba (12) | Lafreniere (12) | 1st | 7:36
TB [](/r/tampabaylightning) | KUUUUUCHEROV!!! (25) | PP, laser | Stamkos (21) | Paul (9) | 2nd | 17:39
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Kreider (18) | EV, more bad D | Trocheck (23) | Wheeler (10) | 2nd | 18:30
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Panarin (22) | EV, bad | Trocheck (24) | | 3rd | 11:16
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Panarin (23) | PP, crap | | | 3rd |
##Penalties
Team | Player | PIM | Infraction | Period | Time | Goal Scored During PP?
—-|—-|—-|—|—|—|—-
Both | Fleury and Cuylle | 2 | Holding (only the Rangers guy actually held) | 1st | 11:38 | N/A
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Zibanejad | 2 | Hooking (the goal should’ve counted though) | 1st | 14:55 | No
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Miller | 2 | Interference | 2nd | 8:34 | No
TB [](/r/tampabaylightning) | Point | 2 | Questionable High Sticking | 2nd | 9:12 | No
NYR [](/r/rangers) | Schneider | 2 | Roughing | 2nd | 16:51 | YES!!!
Both | Cirelli and Trouba | 2 | Roughing | 3rd | 13:47 | N/A
TB [](/r/tampabaylightning) | Stamkos | 2 | Holding | 3rd | 15:04 | Yes :(((
##Shots On Goal
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total
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NYR [](/r/rangers) | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19
TB [](/r/tampabaylightning) | 14 | 13 | 8 | 35
#Next Games
Date | Time | Opponent | TV
—-|—-|——–|–
12/31/23 | 7:00 PM | vs. MTL [](/r/habs) | SUN
1/2/24 | 8:00 PM | @ WPG [](/r/winnipegjets) | SUN
1/4/23 | 8:00 PM | @ MIN [](/r/wildhockey) | SUN
1/6/23 | 7:00 PM | @ BOS [](/r/bostonbruins) | SUN
1/9/23 | 7:00 PM | vs. LA [](/r/losangeleskings) | SUN
#Notes
* Well yet another shitty performance from us, hopefully tomorrow won’t be as shit
by RandomBoltsFan
29 Comments
Lightning loss? Must be a day ending in Y.
Zero puck luck and no love from the hockey gods. That one hurt. We did everything right.
Didn’t watch cause of a migraine. If I had, this game might’ve made it worse
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This team has 0 identity. They aren’t gritty, they don’t hustle, they just coast for 58 minutes then get into panic mode the last 2 because they’re down 2 or 3 go’s.
Too many vocal leaders are gone. Too many passengers on this roster or fringe AHL players.
JBB failed to ice an actual NHL competent team
Pros: We are officially out the playoffs and the top 10 pick is back in play
Cons: Literally everything else
I feel so bad for Kucherov, one of the few guys playing with fire. His best season and probably won’t even get recognize because of how shit we are. Kucherov>Panarin
I’m begging jbb on my knees to apologize to Connor Ingram and call him back to Tampa maybe we can win another cup with him in net
Vasy. Bad.
Defense. Bad.
Depth scoring. Bad
Top 6 scoring not named Kucherov. Bad.
This team? Yea we’re bad.
I hate how many transplant fans Florida has. The amount of rags fans that go to these games is too damn high.
That’s gotta be up there for worst loss of the season. Defenseman were shit, everyone but Kuck is invisible, Vasy got progressively worse. That atrocious call didn’t help. Worst of all was the fucking Rags crowd overtaking our arena
This team has a massive 10M dollar problem right now. The goaltending all season has been absolutely putrid. There are other problems to be sure but this team has no chance if they don’t put up 4-5 goals. The amount of games where 2-3 soft goals are given up is absurd. It’s untenable. And while I’m sure the back surgery doesn’t help, some of these issues go back to last season. They need to get Vasy’s head right because that’s a scary contract if this continues.
Offensively we look great. Shots weren’t going in. But damn. Defensively. We need serious fucking help. Still a lot of season left.
I hope every player looks at themselves and is pissed off at their performance
As shitty as this loss is, they didn’t even play that bad.
Rangers are the top team in the league.
We allowed a goal on the first shot of the game
The first shot after we scored
The first shot faced in the 3rd after being in their end battling the ENTIRE time
For a grand total of 5 goals on 19 shots. 19. And a .737 sv%
Never going to win a game like that. Never.
Vasy has to be better and has to find his consistency.
Left at the end of the second. I’m fresh out of optimism for this team’s chances this year.
Nobody shooting the puck, nobody in front of the net, nobody checking and way too many turnovers from bad passes
Piss poor
I want the Dallas home game playing. Give me the Dallas home game type of play 😭😭😭😭
Tanner Jeannot has become a waste of space out there. He doesn’t understand what to do with his mits on in coops scheme.
That was quite possibly the most miserable experience I’ve ever had attending a game. Good grief.
STAMKOS DEADASS SAID:
“It didn’t feel like a home game.”
Man… screw all you guys that traded jerseys for the night. Letting down my guy like that…
Oh whatever I’ll be happy going to the garden and seeing them win there hahaha
I seriously feel so bad for anyone who paid the ridiculous prices to attend this game, what an abysmal experience it must have been to be there live. I can tell you from home it wasn’t much fun either.
I’m not a coach but if you watch the Dallas home game, Lightning play north and only north until the pass the circles.
Either tomorrow is going to be roughly the same or Montreal is gonna get absolutely smoked
This season is the beginning of paying back the hockey gods for trading away all those picks and prospects. It was worth 2 cups but this season was coming and it probably won’t be much better next season either. The bottom 6 is made up of other teams left overs because we haven’t been able to develop and keep that talent with a double kick to the nuts with the Pandemic salary cap freeze.
I’m pissed, I’m frustrated, we all are, but I think we’re all forgetting we still have time. Other teams can still lose, we can still hit a stride at the right time and make it into the playoffs. Do I think we will get above the other 3 elite teams in our division? No, but we gotta be optimistic here, there is still time.
I def aint happy about our D, but this just wasn’t our dub tonight, esp against the best team in the league right now. Lets rally back tomorrow boys
Perbix is the worst D-man Tampa has put on the ice since Sustr . He doesn’t belong anywhere near the NHL . Hes soft , always out of position and makes careless passes .
Why we traded Bogo for a bag of sticks and kept this 🤡 makes no sense .
On offense it feels like the Bolts players dont put enough effort to get open and help the guy who has the puck .
It felt like new york was double teaming the guy with the puck and yet nobody could find a passing lane .