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Tampa Bay Falls 5-1 to Red Wings - Recap

Detroit skated to a 5-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday in NHL action at Amalie Arena.

The Red Wings were a +288 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Detroit got goals from Michael Rasmussen, Valtteri Filppula, Dylan Larkin, Darren Helm, and Marc Staal in the victory. Larkin opened the scoring at 19:47 of the first period.

Thomas Greiss stopped 27 of 28 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.

Tampa Bay got a goal from Victor Hedman in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Christopher Gibson stopped 13 of 17 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Detroit scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Detroit lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 28-18.

Next game, Detroit takes its act home to face Nashville looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face Columbus.