A huge key was the Wings' power play, which had so lethal in recent games (power play goals in 10 of their last 11 games). The Wings did score once, with Lucas Raymond scoring his 19th goal, but the Wings couldn't match the two or three power-play goals they had scored six of the last 11 games.
but they were up against Andrei Vasilevskiy, who looked in championship form making 39 saves. But the Wings looked sloppy when they were on defense, and Cam Talbot surrendered five goals on 16 shots before ceding the net after two periods to Alex Lyon.
Talbot allowed five goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Alex Lyon for the start of the third period in Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Lightning.
The Tampa Bay Lightning took down the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Saturday night. Even though the Red Wings outshot the Lightning a lopsided 40 to 22, a strong night by the Lightning’s top line and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy between the pipes allowed them to flip the script.
It wasn't like the Wings spent the entire night defending — they had the puck plenty, but they were up against Andrei Vasilevskiy ... net after two periods to Alex Lyon. TOUGH TALK:Todd McLellan ...
MONTREAL (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season in likely his final game in Montreal, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night.
Anthony Cirelli scored his fourth short-handed goal of the season for Tampa Bay. The shutout was Andrei Vasilevskiy’s 37th of his career.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots, Brandon Hagel scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-0.
Read the recent NHL news and rumors about Andrei Vasilevskiy for fantasy hockey. According to Benjamin Pierce of the Tampa Bay Lightning, goaltender Andrei
Vasilevskiy made 29 saves on 30 shots in a 2-0 loss to Detroit on Saturday. The second Red Wings goal was an empty-netter. He allowed one goal on a tip that went in off the post, so this was ...
Vasilevskiy (illness) won't be in the lineup for Tuesday's home game against Chicago, Benjamin Pierce of the Lightning's official site reports. Vasilevskiy will miss at least one game after ...
The team announced that Andrei Vasilevskiy will not play due to illness. The 30-year-old netminder has a 2.34 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in 37 games played this season.