Detroit — These sure aren’t the Tampa Bay Lightning that fans have been used to in recent years — but they still find ways to defeat the Red wings.
Nikita Kucherov scored at 3:28 of overtime, giving Tampa a 2-1 overtime victory over the Red Wings on Friday.
It was Tampa’s sixth consecutive win over the Red Wings, and fourth this season.
Henrik Zetterberg scored the lone Red Wings goal and goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 31 shots.
These teams have met in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs the last two seasons — the Lightning won both — but that isn’t happening this season.