NEW YORK (AP) Coming off an emotional loss that knocked them out of first place Youth Pavel Zacha Jersey , the Tampa Bay Lightning took a little while to get going against the New York Rangers.They eventually found their stride.Brayden Point and Cedric Paquette each scored two goals, and Tampa Bay stopped a three-game slide with a 7-3 victory Friday night.J.T. Miller contributed a power-play goal in the third period as the Lightning regained first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with 108 points. Dan Girardi also scored against his former team, Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, and backup goalie Louis Domingue made 28 saves.¡±We got better as the game went along,¡± star forward Steven Stamkos said. ¡±We wanted to get the two points and we got it and we¡¯ll continue to move on.¡±The Lightning fell from the top spot for the first time since mid-October when they lost to the Bruins on Thursday night. They scored a total of four goals during their losing streak.¡±It was a tough first for us, just to get our legs back, but I like the way we responded in the second and third and the guys did what they had to do,¡± coach Jon Cooper said.Leading 2-1 entering the third period, Miller, Paquette and Point scored in the first 2:38 to blow the game open.Miller jammed in a rebound of Victor Hedman¡¯s shot from the point 35 seconds into the period. Hedman finished with two assists.¡±It felt nice,¡± Miller said of scoring against his former team. ¡±It was hard with a lot of emotions and thoughts coming into this game. You just want to go out and play your game and luckily, got one to come on my stick in front of the net.¡±Paquette added his second of the game when he took a pass from Cory Conacher and sent his shot off the post and into the net. Point finished the run 45 seconds later when he scored his 29th of the season on a 3-on-1 break.Point added his second of the game on an empty-netter, and Girardi scored a power-play goal in the final minute.New York rookie Filip Chytil got his first NHL goal. Chris Kreider and Brady Skjei also scored for the Rangers, and Ondrej Pavelec made 43 saves.Tampa Bay¡¯s only visit to Madison Square Garden this season came in the Rangers¡¯ home finale.Before the game, the Rangers played a video tribute honoring Ryan McDonagh, Girardi and Miller. McDonagh Authentic Taylor Hall Jersey , a former captain, spent parts of eight seasons with the Rangers before being traded at the February deadline with Miller. Girardi played nearly 800 games with the Rangers over parts of 11 years.¡±A month ago, I didn¡¯t expect to have to play this game,¡± Miller said. ¡±You try to keep it together during the game as much as possible.¡±A lot of good friends there on the other side so you try to keep it serious and professional during the game. It was a cool experience what they did for me here.¡±The Rangers opened the scoring in the first period when defenseman Skjei wristed a shot from the top of the right circle past Domingue at 14:59 for his fourth of the season.Paquette tied it for the Lightning early in the second. Mikhail Sergachev took a shot from the point and Paquette poked in the loose puck for his fourth goal at 3:15.Just 1:18 later, Killorn gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead with his 15th goal. Anthony Cirelli sent a pass to Killorn in the slot. Killorn sent it on net and knocked in his own rebound.Domingue preserved the lead when he made a sliding pad save on Kreider on a Rangers power play midway through the period.Chytil scored when he knocked in Mats Zuccarello¡¯s shot that banked off the end boards at 8:14 of the third.¡±Zukey shoots and it was a rebound and empty net, so I¡¯m excited I scored my first goal finally,¡± Chytil said.Stamkos and Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich had an unexpected fight after the first period after Buchnevich tripped Nikita Kucherov. Buchnevich got a minor for tripping and a fighting major. Stamkos got an instigating minor, fighting major and a 10-minute misconduct.¡±Stuff happens in the game and I thought Kuch got clipped and just responding,¡± Stamkos said.NOTES: Goalie Henrik Lundqvist won the 30th annual Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award. The award is presented to the Ranger who ¡±goes above and beyond the call of duty¡± as chosen by fans. The award, given annually since the 1987-88 season, is named after New York City Police Detective Steven McDonald, who was shot and injured in the line of duty on July 12, 1986, and died on Jan. 10, 2017. ¡­ The Rangers finished 21-16-4 at home this season.UP NEXTLightning: Host Nashville on Sunday.Rangers: Travel to Carolina to face the Hurricanes on Saturday night.¡ª The Florida Panthers were supposed to be serious playoff contenders this season, and the New York Islanders Womens Will Butcher Jersey , well, weren¡¯t.But through roughly the first-eighth of this season, the opposite seemed true.The Islanders, who visit the Panthers on Saturday night at the BB&T Center, entered the weekend atop the Metropolitan Division with 18 points and an 8-5-2 record.Article continues below ...New York hasn¡¯t seemed bothered by what many hockey writers predicted would be a catastrophe for the franchise ¡ª superstar center John Tavares¡¯ decision to bolt to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent.¡°We know we can play with anyone,¡± Islanders center Mathew Barzal said of his team sans Tavares. ¡°We know we can beat anyone.¡±Meanwhile, the Panthers, who finished just one point short of the playoffs last season and then traded for winger Mike Hoffman ¡ª who has averaged better than 25 goals in each of the past four seasons ¡ª entered the weekend tied for last in the NHL with 11 points.But it appears Florida¡¯s fortunes are changing. Goalie Roberto Luongo, a sure-fire Hall of Famer, injured his right knee in the season opener. Ever since he got back, the Panthers are undefeated at 2-0-0.¡°It¡¯s good to get on a roll,¡± said Luongo, who has a stellar 1.19 goals-against average and a .959 save percentage in three games this season. ¡°We¡¯ve got to keep pushing hard.¡±Assuming Luongo gets the start Saturday, he will be facing an Islanders team that has lost two straight games, allowing eight goals during that span.Winger Evgenii Dadonov leads the Panthers this season in goals (seven) and points (14). Hoffman is tied for third on the team with 11 points, and he also has a career-best 10-game points streak.In 25 years of Panthers history  http://www.officialislanders.com/authentic-adidas-adam-pelec h-jersey , only three other players have had points streaks of that duration ¨C Pavel Bure, Olli Jokinen and Jussi Jokinen.¡°I guess it¡¯s good,¡± Hoffman modestly said of his streak. ¡°You¡¯ve got to get a couple of lucky breaks to have a streak like that, but I¡¯m just trying to help the team win as many games as possible.¡±Hoffman leads Florida in power-play goals (three) and power-play shots (43). He has led a Panthers power play that has recovered since starting the season with no goals in 13 tries.In their last five games, Florida has gone 7 of 23 on its power play.As for the Islanders, they are led in scoring in points by Josh Bailey (17) and in goals by Brock Nelson (seven).In goal, the Islanders have Thomas Greiss and Robin Lehner. Greiss is 4-2-1 with a 1.98 GAA and .940 save percentage. Lehner is 4-3-1 with a 2.53 GAA and a .924 save percentage.One issue for the Islanders is that left winger Matt Martin, who has three goals in 11 games this season, has an upper-body injury. If he can¡¯t play against the Panthers, that would be the fourth straight game he has missed.Florida is relatively healthy, especially now that Luongo is back. Most of the Panthers¡¯ current injuries are to players who are bottom-six forwards or Mark Pysyk, who is one of their bottom-three defensemen. In other words, Florida¡¯s injuries are manageable now that Luongo has returned.