National Hockey League
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

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
  • 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.
  • 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.