Red Wings 5, Panthers 3 — November 2, 2026: recap and analysis

DETDET
Detroit Red Wings
6-5-3 · L1 · L10: 5-2-3
L
W
W
L
W
SO
W
W
OT
SO
Final
5—3
Nov 2, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena
FLAFLA
Florida Panthers
8-4-2 · W3 · L10: 6-4-0
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
W
L
L

Final score: Detroit Red Wings 5, Florida Panthers 3. Red Wings won with fewer expected goals, 2.96 to 3.28. 1 empty-net goal padded the final margin. PuckLab's first star: Daniil Tarasov (23/26 saves, .885 SV%, −0.2 GSAX). Pre-game PuckLab Edge: Panthers, 64% (lost).

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
DET xG
2.96
ACTUAL
5 — 3
FLA xG
3.28
Empty-net goals are marked but add no xG.

Scoring Timeline

0.05
MED xG
DET1P 05:26Even Strength
Carter Mazur
34
DET 1 - 0 FLA
0.12
HIGH xG
FLA1P 14:19Even Strength
DET 1 - 1 FLA
0.15
HIGH xG
DET2P 01:26Even Strength
DET 2 - 1 FLA
0.03
LOW xG
FLA2P 15:25Short-handed
DET 2 - 2 FLA
0.05
MED xG
DET3P 02:08Power Play
DET 3 - 2 FLA
0.57
HIGH xG
DET3P 02:53Even Strength
DET 4 - 2 FLA
0.18
HIGH xG
FLA3P 16:40Even Strength
DET 4 - 3 FLA
DET3P 19:57Even StrengthEN
DET 5 - 3 FLA

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Daniil Tarasov
80
Daniil Tarasov
G · DET · #80
23/26 saves, .885 SV%, −0.2 GSAX
★2
Jacob Markstrom
25
Jacob Markstrom
G · FLA · #25
24/28 saves, .857 SV%, −0.3 GSAX
★3
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
28
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
R · DET · #28
1G, 1A, 2 SOG, 7 HIT

Team Stats

DETFLA
29Shots26
2.96xGF3.28
41.65v5 CF%58.4
46.0FO%54.0
1/3PP0/2
19Hits41
17Blocks8
17Giveaways14
4Takeaways2
4PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodDET SOGFLA SOGDET xGFLA xG
1st6120.541.66
2nd14101.500.75
3rd940.920.87
Total29262.963.28

Penalties

5 TOTAL
1P 07:06
DET
Ben ChiarotTripping (2 min)
Drawn by Eetu Luostarinen
2P 06:17
FLA
Niko MikkolaTripping (2 min)
Drawn by Sheldon Dries
2P 09:34
DET
Michael Brandsegg-NygårdHolding (2 min)
Drawn by Sandis Vilmanis
2P 13:28
FLA
Dmitry KulikovInterference (2 min)
Drawn by John Leonard
3P 00:21
FLA
Lars EllerHigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Michael Brandsegg-Nygård

Lineups