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Brayden Point scores twice as Lightning beat Red Wings 4-2

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Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026In the Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026 edition

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Tuesday night at Benchmark International Arena, according to the NHL's official game summary. Brayden Point scored twice in the first period.

Point opened the scoring on the power play at 7:54, assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Charle-Edouard D'Astous, and added his fifth goal of the season at 13:01, again set up by Kucherov, with Erik Cernak. Anthony Cirelli made it 3-0 at 8:41 of the second period.

Detroit's Lucas Raymond scored at 10:23 of the second, and J.T. Compher cut the lead to 3-2 with a power-play goal 5:29 into the third. Ryan McDonagh sealed it with an empty-net goal with one second left.

Tampa Bay outshot Detroit 27-21. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves. The Red Wings changed goalies after the first period; their two goalies combined for 23 saves.

The Lightning host the Chicago Blackhawks at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, then play at Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 7, according to the team's schedule.

Source: NHL official game summary, Red Wings at Lightning (Nov. 3, 2026); Tampa Bay Lightning schedule, opened Nov. 3 and rechecked Nov. 4, 2026; Lightning roster.

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