Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning chase Henrik Lundqvist to beat New York Rangers 5-3

By the time Tampa Bay allowed even one shot on goal, New York was down two goals and staring down yet another defeat. The league-leading Lightning can blitz any NHL team, and they had little trouble with the last-place Rangers on Thursday night. Anthony Cirelli had a goal and two assists and Tampa Bay chased Henrik Lundqvist with a barrage of shots in a 5-3 win. The Lightning had 17 shots on goal before the Rangers got their first nearly 11 minutes into the game. Lundqvist kept New York's deficit to 2-0 through one period but was pulled after allowing two more goals in the second period. Cirelli, playing his fourth career game, helped the Lightning improve to 8-0-1 in their past nine games. Adam Erne, Cedric Paquette. Tyler Johnson and Chris Kunitz also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his league-leading 40th victory, which ties the franchise record.