Red Wings head into break with disappointing 6-3 loss to Lightning

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Feb 8, 2025

Published in Hockey

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DETROIT — The Red Wings will head into a lengthy break in the schedule in a sour mood.

They'll have plenty of time, two weeks to be exact with the 4-Nations Face-off Tournament, to mull Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Tampa's Dylan Duke, playing his first NHL game, scored his first goal at 4:10 of the third period, giving Tampa a 5-3 lead, and Brandon Hagel added an empty-net goal at 17:57, Hagel's 26th goal and second Saturday, to clinch the outcome.

The loss ended a seven-game Wings win streak, while Tampa (30-20-4) moved three points ahead of the Wings in the standings.

Tampa scored two goals in the first 2:56, the third shot and second goal by Erik Cernak, that led coach Todd McLellan to replace Alex Lyon with Cam Talbot.

The Wings (28-22-5) trailed 4-2 after one period, then sliced Tampa's lead to 4-3 when Alex DeBrincat stripped the puck along the boards from Tampa defenseman Darren Raddysh, went in alone, and beat goaltender Alexei Vasilevskiy at 14:29.

Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane (power play) scored first-period Wings goals. Tarasenko's goal, a deflection of Moritz Seider's shot from the point, was the 300th of Tarasenko's career.

Hagel, Cernak, Brayden Point and Nick Paul had first-period Tampa goals.

The Wings outshot the Lightning 37-18.

The Wings are off until Feb. 22 when they host Minnesota, returning from the 4-Nations Face-Off tournament.

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