Tampa Bay pulled goalie Ben Bishop for the extra attacker, but Braydon Coburn goes to the box with 2:17 left for interference.
Wings defenseman Brendan Smith drew the penalty, and was then held back by goalie Petr Mrazek, who wanted to avoid any retaliation.
Moments earlier, Mrazek made a big stop of Valtteri Filppula. Then the skate of Pavel Datsyuk may have saved a goal.
Detroit kills penalty
The Wings lead 2-0 with 3:05 left after killing a Tampa Bay power play.
The Triplets Line of Alex Killorn-Tyler Johnson-Nikita Kucherov has not registered a shot through 57 minutes.