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Red Wings play well but can't beat Lightning's Vasilevskiy in loss

Detroit - The Red Wings' surge up the standings hit a roadblock Saturday named Andrei Vasilevskiy.

The Tampa Bay goalie played up to this usual All-World status Saturday leading the Lightning past the Red Wings 3-0.

Vasilevskiy made 45 saves (the Wings outshot Tampa 45-18), was absolutely brilliant during stretches, and slowed down the red-hot Red Wings (28-22-8).

"We put a lot of shots at him, it's the story of the game, we just couldn't get one by him," Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin said. "We had grade A's (chances) and we played a pretty good hockey game against a good team.