The meeting in New York (USA) at the stadium "Madison Square Garden" ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of the hosts.
K'Andre Miller, Kaapo Kakko and Mika Zibanejad scored goals among the winners.
For Tampa, a goal and an assist were scored by Russian striker Nikita Kucherov.
Thus, the score in the series became 2-0 in favor of the Rangers.
The next match will take place on June 5th.
Earlier, Alexander Ovechkin was included in the list of NHL playoff disappointments according to The Athletic.