Mika Zibanejad leads Rangers past Lightning in season opener
Mika Zibanejad scored a short-handed goal, then the power-play tiebreaker early in the third period, as the New York Rangers opened the season with a 3-1 home victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
The Rangers failed on their first three power-play opportunities; but, off a faceoff in a 1-1 contest, the puck made its way to Zibanejad inside the near circle for a one-timer past Tampa Bay netminder Andrei V