The joy of being a counter-puncher is that they can spend the entire night losing on the scorecards, but land the one perfect punch to score the knockout for the win.
Brayden Point found that perfect shot with six minutes left in the game Monday night to propel the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Despite being outshot 28 to 16 and losing 37 of 60 faceoffs, the Lightning won the first game of a two-game road trip. They move on to Ottawa on Tuesday to take on a Senators team that has won six games in a row.