The Lightning hold a 1-0 lead with 6:01 left in the first period.
Tampa Bay is outshooting Detroit 11-5.
The Wings' best chance came when Pavel Datsyuk broke in alone on Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop, but Datsyuk could not deliver a clean drop pass to Kyle Quincey.
Later, Wings rookie Andreas Athanasiou sent a pass across the bottom of the faceoff circle to streaking defenseman Brendan Smith, but his shot was turned aside by Bishop, who made a blocker save.
Kucherov scores, Bolts lead.
Well, that was quick.
Just nine seconds into the power play, Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov buries a low shot past Wings goalie Petr Mrazek for a 1-0 Tampa Bay lead.