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2017-18 regular season

Lightning at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0

Lightning beat Red Wings 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on October 16, 2017.

TBL – DET
26–31
Shots on goal
1/5–0/6
Power play
25–15
Hits
10–6
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Nikita Kucherov
2 G
6 shots · 20:50 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Steven Stamkos
2 A
2 shots · 19:40 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Justin Abdelkader
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:13 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Tyler Johnson SH Go-ahead 1st · 09:15
Unassisted · beat Jimmy Howard
1–0
⚡ Nikita Kucherov PP 1st · 10:56
Assists: Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos · beat Jimmy Howard
2–0
2nd period
🐙 Justin Abdelkader 2nd · 02:30
Unassisted · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
2–1
🐙 Mike Green Tying 2nd · 16:02
Assists: Justin Abdelkader, Tomas Tatar · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
2–2
3rd period
⚡ Nikita Kucherov Go-ahead 3rd · 01:47
Assists: Steven Stamkos, Vladislav Namestnikov · beat Jimmy Howard
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Point · Kucherov 19:40
L2 Palat · Gourde · Namestnikov 16:46
L3 Killorn · Johnson · Callahan 16:12
L4 Kunitz · Paquette 10:32
D1 Hedman · Stralman 24:32
D2 Coburn · Girardi 17:30
D3 Dotchin · Sergachev 11:14
D4 Koekkoek 7:01
🐙Red Wings
L1 Larkin · Zetterberg · Mantha 20:53
L2 Abdelkader · Tatar · Nyquist 17:00
L3 Nielsen · Helm · Frk 14:49
L4 Glendening · Sheahan 7:59
D1 Green · Daley 21:07
D2 Kronwall · Ericsson 18:36
D3 Ouellet · Jensen 15:40
D4 Witkowski 3:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL DET🐙
26 Shots on goal 31
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
25 Hits 15
10 Blocked shots 6
5 Takeaways 4
12 Giveaways 16
12 Penalty minutes 10
TBL shooting 11.5% (3/26) DET shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 59:30 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:55 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Tyler Johnson · 1st 09:15 · 1–0 Nikita Kucherov · 1st 10:56 · 2–0 Justin Abdelkader · 2nd 02:30 · 2–1 Mike Green · 2nd 16:02 · 2–2 Nikita Kucherov · 3rd 01:47 · 3–2
TBL DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 2–2
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Mar 302017 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Mar 242017 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 2–1 OT Dec 202016 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 1–4 Nov 152016 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 4–3 Oct 132016 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 4–6
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Who won Lightning vs Red Wings on October 16, 2017?

Lightning won 3–2. The final score was Lightning 3, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov (2), Tyler Johnson.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Justin Abdelkader, Mike Green.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Red Wings season series?

Lightning lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 14 🎵STL @ ⚡TBL 1–2 AfterOct 17 ⚡TBL @ 😈NJD 4–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeOct 13 🐙DET @ 🎰VGK 6–3 AfterOct 18 🐙DET @ 🍁TOR 3–6
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