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2025-26 regular season

Lightning at Red Wings

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

Red Wings beat Lightning 2–1 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on October 17, 2025.

TBL – DET
32–31
Shots on goal
20–27
Hits
13–22
Blocked shots
4–4
Takeaways
⚔️ 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 🐙 DET
Dylan Larkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 23:12 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Axel Sandin-Pellikka
1 G
2 shots · 17:27 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
John Gibson
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Axel Sandin-Pellikka Go-ahead 1st · 13:02
Assists: Dylan Larkin, Mason Appleton · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
3rd period
⚡ J.J. Moser Tying 3rd · 16:17
Assists: Victor Hedman, Conor Geekie · beat John Gibson
1–1
Overtime
🐙 Dylan Larkin Go-ahead OT · 03:36
Assists: J.T. Compher · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Hagel · Guentzel · Point 24:11
L2 Cirelli · Gourde · Goncalves 15:49
L3 Geekie · Bjorkstrand · Holmberg 13:19
L4 Finley · Douglas · Chaffee 7:51
D1 Hedman · McDonagh 24:14
D2 Moser · Cernak 21:02
D3 Raddysh · Martinsen Lilleberg 13:52
🐙Red Wings
L1 Compher · Larkin · Finnie 18:44
L2 Appleton · DeBrincat · Kane 17:42
L3 Kasper · Copp · Brandsegg-Nygård 15:05
L4 van Riemsdyk · Soderblom · Rasmussen 10:34
D1 Seider · Edvinsson 25:30
D2 Chiarot · Sandin-Pellikka 19:51
D3 Johansson · Bernard-Docker 13:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL DET🐙
32 Shots on goal 31
20 Hits 27
13 Blocked shots 22
4 Takeaways 4
15 Giveaways 17
6 Penalty minutes 6
TBL shooting 3.1% (1/32) DET shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 63:36 TOI
🐙Red Wings
John Gibson
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 63:36 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Axel Sandin-Pellikka · 1st 13:02 · 0–1 J.J. Moser · 3rd 16:17 · 1–1 Dylan Larkin · OT 03:36 · 1–2
TBL DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Apr 112025 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 4–3 OT Feb 82025 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 6–3 Jan 252025 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 0–2 Jan 182025 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 1–5 Apr 12024 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 4–2
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Who won Lightning vs Red Wings on October 17, 2025?

Red Wings won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Lightning 1, Red Wings 2.

Who scored for Lightning?

J.J. Moser.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Dylan Larkin.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

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

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

John Gibson made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 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?

Red Wings 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 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–3 AfterOct 18 ⚡TBL @ 🧥CBJ 2–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeOct 15 🐆FLA @ 🐙DET 1–4 AfterOct 19 🛢️EDM @ 🐙DET 2–4
Also on October 17
🌲MIN 1–5 🦅WSH 🐋VAN 3–2 🪶CHI 🦈SJS 3–6 🦣UTA
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