Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1
When: 12:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 26, 2022
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees:
Brandon Blandina, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen:
Tyson Baker, David Brisebois
Attendance:
19515
By Field Level Media
Brayden Point scored the game-winning goal with 2:28 remaining in overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 2-1 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
Point's goal came on a 4-on-3 power play after Detroit's Tyler Bertuzzi was penalized for tripping 51 seconds into overtime.
Steven Stamkos also scored a power-play goal and backup goalie Brian Elliott made 26 saves in goal for Tampa Bay (40-18-6, 86 points), which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Oskar Sundqvist scored and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 34 shots for Detroit (26-31-8, 60 points), which has lost three of four.
On the overtime goal, Stamkos snapped a shot that Nedeljkovic stopped with his left pad, but a big rebound was left by the Detroit netminder.
Parked in front of the goal, Point took advantage, slamming the rebound into a half-open net to give Tampa Bay the win.
After the first two periods were scoreless, Detroit got the opening goal of the game with 11:19 remaining in regulation.
Pius Suter skated into the Tampa Bay zone, spun around and fed a pass to Sundqvist, who fired a long shot from in between the top of the faceoff circles that seemed to catch Elliott off-guard.
The puck squeezed through the pads of Elliott and into the goal to give Detroit a 1-0 lead.
The score remained that way until 4:38 remaining, when Tampa Bay cashed in on its second power play of the game.
Point stationed himself in front of the net and fed a pass to his left to Stamkos, who fired a shot underneath the stick of Nedeljkovic from the side of the goal into the net to tie the game at 1-1.
Detroit was 0-for-5 on the power play for the game.
Tampa Bay won 65 percent of the faceoffs and registered 17 blocked shots in the game.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Tampa Bay |
|
Detroit |
Brayden Point 2 |
Points |
Oskar Sundqvist 1 |
Brayden Point 1 |
Goals |
Oskar Sundqvist 1 |
Anthony Cirelli 2 |
Assists |
Adam Erne 1 |
Brayden Point 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Brian Elliott .963 |
Save Percentage |
Alex Nedeljkovic .944 |
Brian Elliott 26 |
Saves |
Alex Nedeljkovic 34 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Tampa Bay
|
36 |
2 |
2-3 |
5-5 |
10 |
39 |
Detroit
|
27 |
1 |
0-5 |
1-3 |
6 |
22 |
Upcoming Games
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Detroit will play their next game on the road against Pittsburgh. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .417 after a win and .405 after a loss.
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Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against NY Islanders. The Lightning have a W/L % of .605 after a win and .619 after a loss.