Comfortable night for Detroit Red Wings against Tampa Bay Lightning

That brings us to the end of a first period — Detroit Red Wings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 13-11, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Moritz Seider opened the scoring for Detroit Red Wings on the power play at 17:31, Drew Doughty extended the lead for Detroit Red Wings at 18:09, and Lucas Raymond extended the lead for Detroit Red Wings at 19:23.

Alex Nedeljkovic was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Detroit Red Wings went 1-for-3 while Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1.

Detroit Red Wings owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Detroit Red Wings 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 0. Detroit Red Wings edged the shot clock 14-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Detroit Red Wings went 0-for-3.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Detroit Red Wings 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 16-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Beckett Sennecke extended the lead for Detroit Red Wings on the power play at 8:13, then Brent Burns cut the deficit for Tampa Bay Lightning at 14:16.

Alex Nedeljkovic was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Detroit Red Wings went 1-for-1 while Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-3.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.