Today’s matinee game was supposed to celebrate a few milestones for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Victor Hedman reached 800 games played, Anthony Cirelli reached 200 games played, Ben Thomas made his NHL debut, and Christopher Gibson made his first NHL start in three years. Unfortunately, these milestones will likely be forgotten after the Detroit Red Wings erupted for three goals in the second period en route to a 5-1 victory over the Lightning.
Detroit received goals from Dylan Larkin, Valtteri Filppula, Michael Rasmussen, Marc Staal, and Darren Helm. Tampa Bay’s only goal scorer was Hedman.
Gibson stopped 13 of 17 shots.