GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: NY RANGERS (12-9) at TAMPA BAY (10-10)

TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- After the New York Rangers'five-game winning streak ended Monday, Henrik Lundqvist madesure the team started a new streak Wednesday.


Lundqvist came within 17 seconds of his fifth shutout of theseason, while Fedor Tyutin and Colton Orr scored a goal apieceas the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1.


Lundqvist (12-8-1) stopped 32 of 33 shots, silencing theLightning's high-powered offense. Tampa Bay had won eight ofits 10 home games and scored a league-best 42 goals at home, butit was unable to solve Lundqvist until right wing MichelOuellet's goal with 17 seconds remaining.


"It's always tough to lose a shutout like that when it's soclose and it felt like I had a good shutout going here, butmaybe they deserved one goal," Lundqvist said. "It's alwaystough when you let in a late goal like that."


Midway through the first period, the Rangers scored their firstgoal on Tyutin's one-timer from inside the blue line. Tampa Baygoaltender Johan Holmqvist actually got his glove on Tyutin'sshot, but couldn't hold on and it trickled into the net.

Orr added his first goal of the season 2:04 into the finalperiod, beating Holmqvist low on his stick side.


"It was a great game, Lundqvist played great," Orr said. "Itwas a good road win, we needed those two points. We're playingwell, we're playing four lines rolling. We're playing hard."

Lundqvist frustrated Tampa Bay all night. The Lightning were onthe power play in the third when Lundqvist stopped apoint-blank shot from the slot from Martin St. Louis.

Later in the third, Vinny Prospal got a shot past Lundqvist, butright wing Brendan Shanahan scooped the puck out of the netbefore it completely cross the goal line.


The officials reviewed the play and ruled no goal, preservingthe shutout.


"Well Shanahan, night in and night out, he's our big gun," ScottGomez said. "He's there, he's always in the right position, heknows where to go. He knows how to play and it's important.He always comes up big."


Center Vincent Lecavalier also had his eight-game consecutivemulti-point streak halted. It was the NHL's longest since 1996.

"We played a good game, we played hard, we playing right onthrough," Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella said. "Even when theyscored their second goal, I don't think we gave in at all. Wekept on playing. Lundqvist is probably the best goalie in theworld right now."


Tampa Bay had won five of the past six games against theRangers.


"You make it hard on a goalie when you get traffic in front ofthe net and you put the puck on net," St. Louis said. "You haveto fight through that. We just couldn't get the result."

The Rangers were without defensemen Michael Rozsival (knee) andMarek Malik (back).