Adam Fox's injury against the Tampa Bay Lightning has created a significant challenge for the New York Rangers. The defenseman's absence, particularly from the power play, forces a tactical shift and tests the team's depth.

Miller cut the Rangers’ deficit to 2-1 when an Adam Fox pass went in off his skate late in the second period, but it never felt like they had a comeback in them. Nick Paul made sure of it by redirecting a feed from Nikita Kucherov to make it 3-1 Lightning 2:02 into the third before Jake Guentzel sealed the win with an empty-netter.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers righted the ship on Sunday, winning to keep the NFC South lead they lost for the briefest of moments. The Carolina Panthers moved into first place for a few minutes until Tampa’s game ended.

Brandon Hagel scored twice and Jonas Johansson made 11 saves as the Tampa Bay Lighting beat the New York Rangers 4-1 to extend their winning streak to seven games

Tampa Bay Lightning (36-17-3, third in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. New York Islanders (32-17-7, fourth in the East Division during the regular season) Uniondale, New York; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT LINE: Islanders +117, Lightning -140 ...

The Buffalo Bills (6-3) welcome the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3) to Western New York on Sunday afternoon in a 1 p.m. EST battle of teams that began the year with Super Bowl dreams.

The Buccaneers will try to finish off a season sweep of the rival New Orleans Saints in Week 14 as they play the middle game of a three-week homestand

Tampa Bay Rays (54-53, fourth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (57-49, second in the AL East) PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Joe Boyle (1-0, 1.42 ERA, 0.63 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Yankees: Max Fried (11-4, 2.62 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 116 strikeouts) Yankees -207 ...