Tye Kartye scored two goals and had an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.<\/p>\n
Gabe Perreault and Mika Zibanejad \u2014 on the power play \u2014 also scored for New York, which snapped a three-game losing streak, while Dylan Garand made 29 saves in his first start since March 27. Zibanejad also had an assist.<\/p>\n
Oliver Bjorkstrand and Corey Perry scored for the playoff-bound Lightning, who rested several key players. Brandon Halverson made 17 saves.<\/p>\n
Kartye scored 4:02 into the game to give the Rangers the early kead, then added\u00a0his second 1:29 into the second<\/a>\u00a0period for his first multigoal game in the NHL. By adding an assist on Perreault’s goal at 4:49 of the second period that made it 3-0, Kartye had his first three-point NHL game.<\/p>\n Perry scored 51 seconds into the third period on a\u00a0spinning backhand shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Lightning were 0-for-3 on the power play in the game and have just one power-play goal in their last 11 games.<\/p>\n Max Crozier was back in the lineup for Tampa Bay after missing 26 games with an injury.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Rangers: The Rangers’ season is over.<\/p>\n Lightning: Host Montreal in Game 1 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n