Tampa Bay Lightning @ Detroit Red Wings

21-7-1, 10-3-1 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Lightning TB	0	3	2	1	6
Red Wings DET	2	2	1	0	5

Detroit Red WingsRed WingsDET

12-12-4, 7-6-3 Home

Lightning beat Red Wings 6-5 in shootout

Nikita Kucherov and defenseman Victor Hedman scored in a shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 6-5 comeback victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.

Dec 5, 2018, 05:25 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Lightning	0	3	2	1	6
	Red Wings	2	2	1	0	5

1st Period			TB	DET
16:54		Gustav Nyquist (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dylan Larkin (13)	0	1
17:15		Frans Nielsen (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andreas Athanasiou (6)	0	2

2nd Period		TB	DET
5:10	Mathieu Joseph (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan Callahan (3)	1	2
11:37	Mathieu Joseph (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Yanni Gourde (13)	2	2
13:33	Frans Nielsen (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Luke Witkowski (1)	2	3
14:27	Steven Stamkos (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan Callahan (4)	3	3
16:26	Frans Nielsen (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andreas Athanasiou (7)	3	4

3rd Period		TB	DET
4:06	Gustav Nyquist (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dylan Larkin (14), Justin Abdelkader (5)	3	5
9:50	J.T. Miller (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikhail Sergachev (10)	4	5
14:58	Cedric Paquette (7) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Mathieu Joseph (4)	5	5

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			TB	DET
			1	0
			1	1
			2	1

LIGHTNING

RED WINGS

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-0

Red Wings
1
Lightning
3

Game 1

19/10

Lightning
6
Red Wings
5

Game 2

5/12

Red Wings
2
Lightning
3

Game 3

10/3

Lightning
5
Red Wings
4

Game 4

14/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	17	11	2	36
Boston	18	13	0	36
Detroit	16	11	3	35
Montreal	15	11	3	33
Toronto	14	11	4	32
Florida	14	12	2	30
Ottawa	13	12	4	30
Buffalo	12	14	4	28

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Detroit Red Wings

Stars of the Game

Frans NielsenC - DET

Mathieu JosephRW - TB

Gustav NyquistRW - DET

Game Information

Lightning beat Red Wings 6-5 in shootout

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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