{"id":498916,"date":"2026-03-12T01:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/498916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:26:31","slug":"lightning-vs-red-wings-time-tv-live-stream-3-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/498916\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs. Red Wings Time, TV &#038; Live Stream \u2013 3\/12\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NHL action on Thursday features the Tampa Bay Lightning (39-20-4) hosting the Detroit Red Wings (36-22-7) at Benchmark International Arena, starting at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Lightning sit in third place and the Red Wings are sixth in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968176&amp;cid=ykGo1H6ocT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Red Wings: March 12 Viewing Options<\/p>\n<p>Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026<br \/>\nTime: 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nHow to watch on TV: ESPN+<br \/>\nLocation: Tampa, Florida<br \/>\nVenue: Benchmark International Arena<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968183&amp;cid=ykGo1H6ocT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nLightning&#8217;s 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968378&amp;cid=ykGo1H6ocT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Red Wings Top Players<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>With 34 goals and 70 assists this season, Nikita Kucherov is one of Tampa Bay&#8217;s leading contributors (104 points).<br \/>\nWith 27 goals and 40 assists, Jake Guentzel is one of the most important offensive options for Tampa Bay with his 67 points (1.1 per game).<br \/>\nThrough 58 games, Brandon Hagel has proven himself as an important offensive option for Tampa Bay. He has 59 points (30 goals and 29 assists).<br \/>\nIn 43 games played this season, Andrei Vasilevskiy (29-11-3) has allowed 98 goals.<br \/>\nRed Wings<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Raymond has put up 65 points (one per game) for Detroit, with 20 goals and 45 assists in 63 games (playing 18:06 per game).<br \/>\nAlex DeBrincat is a leading scorer for Detroit with 64 total points this season. He has scored 33 goals and added 31 assists in 65 games.<br \/>\nDylan Larkin is a key contributor on offense for Detroit with 28 goals and 27 assists.<br \/>\nJohn Gibson has a .906 save percentage (16th in the league), with 987 total saves, conceding 102 goals (2.6 goals against average). He has put together a 24-14-3 record this season.<br \/>\nLightning vs. Red Wings Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Max Crozier: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n<p>Dominic James: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Paul: Out (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n<p>Emil Martinsen Lilleberg: Out (Face), <\/p>\n<p>Erik Cernak: Day-To-Day (Undisclosed)<\/p>\n<p>Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>David Perron: Out (Groin), <\/p>\n<p>Andrew Copp: Day-To-Day (Lower Body), <\/p>\n<p>Dylan Larkin: Day-To-Day (Leg)<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968265&amp;cid=ykGo1H6ocT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Lightning play Red Wings.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning&#8217;s Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL action on Thursday features the Tampa Bay Lightning (39-20-4) hosting the Detroit Red Wings (36-22-7) at Benchmark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5105],"tags":[93,833,5,189,835,4,37137,834,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-498916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-detroit-red-wings","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-lightning","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-preview","15":"tag-professional","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116213616740651903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}