DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 1 at CAROLINA 4 (4/11/23)
1ST PERIOD: CAR Noesen (Kotkaniemi, Gostisbehere) 2:46-EV; CAR Martinook (Skjei, Fast) 7:50-EV
2ND PERIOD: DET Hägg (Veleno, Perron) 5:05-EV; CAR Burns (Slavin, Drury) 9:10-EV
3RD PERIOD: CAR Kotkaniemi (unassisted) 19:18-EN
SHOTS: DET 21 (6-8-7) / CAR 28 (12-11-5)
GOALIES: DET Nedeljkovic (L, 24-27) / CAR Raanta (W, 20-21)
PP: DET 0-2 / CAR 0-1
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (52 / March 8)
Filip Zadina – lower body (47 / March 24)
Michael Rasmussen – lower body (25 / Feb. 25)
Ville Husso – lower body (10 / April 11)
Marco Kasper – lower body (5 / April 3)
Adam Erne – non-COVID illness (4 / April 10)
Dylan Larkin – lower body (2 / April 11)
Total Man Games Lost: 314
Individual Man Games Lost: Jakub Vrána (33), Matt Luff (32), Tyler Bertuzzi (31), Robert Hägg (15), Gustav Lindström (14), Elmer Söderblom (13), Lucas Raymond (8), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Ben Chiarot (6), Olli Määttä (4), Jake Walman (3), Jordan Oesterle (2), Alex Chiasson (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
4/12 – Reassigned forward Amadeus Lombardi to Grand Rapids from Flint (OHL) … Assigned forwards Taro Hirose and Danny O’Regan to Grand Rapids
4/11 – Recalled forward Danny O’Regan from Grand Rapids under emergency conditions … Assigned defenseman Simon Edvinsson to Grand Rapids
4/10 – Recalled forward Taro Hirose from Grand Rapids under emergency conditions
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS at LIGHTNING / 7:00 P.M. EDT / Amalie Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 76th all-time meeting, 39th at Tampa Bay … Fourth of four games this season, second of two at Tampa Bay
ALL-TIME vs. TB: 36-29-2-8 / AWAY: 15-21-1-1 / LAST 10: 5-3-2 / IN 2021-22: 1-1-2 / THIS SEASON: 2-1-0
DET top scorers vs. TB: Dylan Larkin (8-8-16 in 29 GP), David Perron (7-7-14 in 17 GP), Robby Fabbri (5-5-10 in 14 GP), Dominik Kubalík (5-5-10 in 14 GP), Filip Zadina (1-8-9 in 15 GP), Robert Hägg (3-2-5 in 10 GP), Moritz Seider (0-4-4 in 7 GP)
TB top scorers vs. DET: Nikita Kucherov (20-21-41 in 32 GP), Steven Stamkos (20-18-38 in 38 GP), Victor Hedman (3-33-36 in 41 GP), Brayden Point (16-12-28 in 30 GP), Corey Perry (11-12-23 in 46 GP), Alex Killorn (11-10-21 in 42 GP), Ross Colton (5-2-7 in 12 GP)
LAST TIME OUT
April 11 at Carolina – 4-1 L
Detroit fell at Carolina to move to 35-36-10 overall and 16-19-5 on the road … Robert Hägg put Detroit on the board with his second goal of the season … Hägg has two points (1-1-2) in his last three appearances … Joe Veleno logged the primary assist on Hägg’s goal, giving him four points (2-2-4) in nine games since March 28 vs. Pittsburgh … David Perron also picked up an assist on Hägg’s goal, giving him 12 points (8-4-12) in nine games since March 28 vs. Pittsburgh … Moritz Seider has tallied 203 hits this season, becoming the third player in franchise history to record at least 200 hits in a single season since 2005-06, joining Justin Abdelkader (207 hits in 2015-16) and Brad Stuart (206 hits in 2009-10) … Andrew Copp finished 14-for-20 (70.0%) at the faceoff circle.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 3 vs. Toronto 4
The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped a fourth-consecutive contest with a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs April 11 at AMALIE Arena…Tampa Bay fell to 45-30-6 on the season with a home record of 27-8-5…The Bolts finished the season series vs. TOR with a 1-2-0 record…William Nylander opened the scoring with a power-play goal at the 12:48 mark of the first period to give TOR a 1-0 lead…Alex Killorn responded for the Lightning just 1:11 later when he redirected a point shot from Mikhail Sergachev to tie the game at one with his 26th goal of the season, tying his career high set in 2018-19…Steven Stamkos recorded the secondary assist on Killorn’s game-tying goal for his 50th helper of the year…Former Bolts defenseman Luke Schenn gave TOR a 2-1 lead with 3:59 remaining in the opening period…Nick Perbix made it a 2-2 game 5:21 into the middle frame when he took a backhand pass from Brayden Point and beat Joseph Woll with a shot to the far post…Calle Jarnkrok put TOR up 3-2 when he scored a 4-on-3, power-play goal with 3:04 remaining in the second period…Ryan O’Reilly gave TOR a 4-2 lead when he jumped on a loose puck and pushed it over the goal line at the 12:33 mark of the third period…Sergachev got Tampa Bay back within one when he scored the final goal of the contest just 1:16 later, jumping on a turnover by T.J. Brodie and beating Woll with a perfectly placed shot over the glove and into the top right corner…Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves on 24 shots against…The Lightning recorded a season-high 48 shots on goal.
PP: TBL – 0-8 TOR – 2-6
SOG: TBL – 48 TOR – 24
Attendance: 19,092
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Red Wings are playing the fourth of four matchups this season and the second of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts are 1-2-0 vs. DET this season following a 4-2 loss Dec. 6 at AMALIE Arena, a 7-4 loss Dec. 21 at Little Caesars Arena and a 3-0 win Feb. 25 at Little Caesars Arena…Nikita Kucherov leads all Tampa Bay skaters in points vs. DET this season (2-3—5), while Brayden Point leads the way in goals (3-1—4)…Kucherov is riding a four-game point streak vs. DET (3-3—6) and has found the scoresheet in nine of the last 11 meetings (8-11— 19)…Kucherov has picked up points in nine of his last 11 home games vs. DET (7-10—17)…Point has scored a goal in three consecutive contests vs. DET (3-1—4) and has pointed in six of the last seven meetings (5-3—8)…Point has found the scoresheet in 12 of his 15 career home games vs. DET (8-5—13)…Steven Stamkos has points in seven of his last eight games vs. DET (5-7—12)…Stamkos is riding a four-game home point streak vs. DET (2-4—6)…Alex Killorn has recorded points in three consecutive contests vs. DET (2-2—4)…Ross Colton has six points over his last seven games vs. DET (4-2—6)…Victor Hedman has picked up 10 points over his last seven contests vs. DET (0-10—10)…Hedman has found the scoresheet in 18 of his 21 career home games vs. DET (3-23—26)…In 16 career games vs. DET, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 14-2-0 with a .929 save percentage, 2.08 goals against average and one shutout…Tampa Bay has surrendered two or fewer goals in nine of their last 12 home games vs. DET…The Lightning penalty kill is 25-of-27 over their last 10 home games vs. DET (92.6%)…The Bolts have won 18 of their last 21 home games vs. DET…Tampa Bay is 7-3-0 in their last 10 home games vs. DET and 5-4-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Lightning are 37-33-3 with two ties all-time vs. DET, including a home record of 22-14-1 with one tie…Nikita Kucherov (20-21—41) holds the Tampa Bay franchise record for career points vs. DET.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. DET
- Nikita Kucherov – 41 pts. (20-21—41, 32 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 38 pts. (20-18—38, 38 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 36 pts. (3-33—36, 41 GP)
T4. Brayden Point – 28 pts. (16-12—28, 30 GP)
T4. Ondrej Palat – 28 pts. (8-20—28, 38 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the second game of a two-game homestand tonight and the final game of the regular season…The Bolts will finish the regular season having played three of their six games in April on home ice…The Lightning are 27-8-5 on home ice this season…Tampa Bay is 11-13-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and 24-22-3 against the Eastern Conference.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 109
Current Injuries:
Tanner Jeannot (Lower-body injury; Out indefinitely) 3 Games
