The NHL Belt · rivalry
Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
7Belt meetings
2Red Wings wins
5Lightning wins
3Title changes
Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning have met 7 times with the NHL belt on the line, from November 11, 1992 to December 6, 2022. The belt changed hands in 3 of those games. Tampa Bay Lightning lead the belt series 5–2.
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,304 | Nov 11, 1992 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit Red Wings 6–4 | Defense |
| 5,437 | Jan 12, 1994 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2 | Title change |
| 5,791 | Oct 10, 1997 | Detroit Red Wings beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–0 | Defense |
| 7,336 | Nov 9, 2014 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit Red Wings 4–3 (SO) | Defense |
| 7,373 | Jan 29, 2015 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit Red Wings 5–1 | Title change |
| 7,833 | Dec 29, 2019 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1 | Defense |
| 8,066 | Dec 6, 2022 | Detroit Red Wings beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 | Title change |