Same old Wings: Detroit drops OT decision against Lightning
Just one more game before the Red Wings' regular season comes to a merciful end.
Tampa - One more, just one more before the Red Wings' regular season comes to a merciful end. Give them credit, they worked hard Tuesday, they roared back in the third period to force overtime, but Nikita Kucherov scored 27 seconds into overtime, Kucherov's 44th goal, giving Tampa a 4-3 victory over the Wings. Patrick Kane earned point No.
1,400 in his career assisting on Alex DeBrincat's game-tying goal at 15:16 of the third period. Kane stole the puck at the blue line, raced down on a 2-on-0 and fed DeBrincat for the easy tap in, DeBrincat's 41st goal, tying a career-high and tying the game 3-3. Marco Kasper's ninth goal at 2:56 of the third period cut Tampa's lead to 3-2.
Kasper, in front of the net, slipped a loose puck past goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Tampa's Erik Cernak (third goal, 15:53) and Jake Guentzel (29th, 18:03) broke a 1-1 tie with two quick goals late in the second period. David Perron scored the game's first goal, but Tampa would score the next three goals to take command.
Goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 18 shots. The Wings (41-31-10, 92 points) have only won three of their last 11 games (3-6-2), a key reason they are where they're at in the standings. Perron scored his 13rd goal, third with the Wings, one-timing a feed from Lucas Raymond across the slot at 5:31 of the first period.