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 Right winger Ryan Callahan scored in the shootout to give the
Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Joe
Louis Arena on Sunday night.
It was Tampa Bay's sixth straight win as Tampa Bay goaltender Ben
Bishop stopped all three Detroit shooters in the shootout.
"A good start (to the season)," Bishop said. "Nothing we can hang
our hats on. We've got a tough schedule coming up."
Center Steven Stamkos scored twice and center Tyler Johnson got the
goals for Tampa Bay in regulation. Callahan also had two assists and
Bishop stopped 17 shots in regulation and overtime.
"That was as close to a 60-minute game as we've played," Lightning
coach Jon Cooper said. "We got the lead. Unfortunately, we couldn't
protect the lead well enough. I think we dictated the play most of
the game. Give Detroit credit. We bent but we didn't break."
Tampa Bay led 3-1 in the second period.
Right winger Johan Franzen and left winger Gustav Nyquist had a goal
and an assist each and center Darren Helm scored for Detroit.
Defenseman Niklas Kronwall had two assists and goaltender Jimmy
Howard made 27 saves in the first 65 minutes.
"We battled and got ourselves a point. We had chances, especially in
overtime," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "Bishop played real well
in overtime. We would've liked to get the second point but we
didn't."
The Red Wings are 0-3 in shootouts this season.
"We haven't been good enough. We can't seem to find a way to score,
then we don't win shootouts. It's tough," Nyquist said. "We want to
get that extra point when it comes down to it but we haven't been
able to do it this year."
Nyquist tied it at 3, 8:49 into the third. He scored on a wrist shot
from the top of the left circle after a rush that began on the other
side of the ice at the center red line. It was Nyquist's eighth
goal.
Helm pulled the Red Wings to within 3-2 with 8:23 left in the second
period. He beat Bishop with a slap shot from the top of the left
circle off the rush for his first goal.
Stamkos and Johnson scored 3:43 apart early in the second period to
give the Lightning a 3-1 lead.
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Stamkos snapped a 1-1 tie 2:19 into the middle period with his
second goal of the game. He put in a wrist shot from the high slot.
But play continued and it went to video review at the next stoppage
of play. Replays showed that the shot went in. It was Stamkos 10th
goal.
"Tonight I felt good. I felt I made an impact ," said Stamkos, who
continues to recover from the broken leg he suffered a year ago.
Johnson gave Tampa Bay a two-goal lead 6:02 into the second with a
one-time slap shot from the right face-off dot. It was his fifth
goal.
Franzen's power-play goal opened the scoring 6:14 into the game.
He got his fourth goal on a one-time slap shot from above the right
circle off a cross-ice pass from Kronwall just four seconds after
Callahan went off for goaltender interference.
Stamkos tied it at 1 with a 5-on-3 power-play goal with 7:07 left in
the first period with his first goal of the game. He beat Howard
with a one-time slap shot from the high slot.
NOTES: Detroit C Pavel Datsyuk missed his second game with a sore
groin. ... Tampa Bay was without D Victor Hedman (fractured finger),
C Alex Killorn (upper body) and RW Brett Connolly (lower body). ...
Tampa Bay GM Steve Yzerman played his entire Hall of Fame career
with the Red Wings. ... Detroit D Kyle Quincey returned after
missing three games with an ankle injury. He replaced D Brian
Lashoff, who was a healthy scratch. ... Lightning F Valtteri
Filppula is a former Red Wing. ... Red Wings winger Drew Miller was
formerly a member of the Lightning. ... Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper
began his coaching career as a Youth hockey coach in Michigan.
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