Detroit — The Red Wings again stayed close, but this time couldn’t snatch a victory.
Tampa Bay scored early goals in the first and second periods Sunday and earned a 2-1 victory over the Wings to salvage a split of the weekend series.
In the regular-season home finale, the Wings had chances to get back in the game late, but failed to do it.
The Wings had a two-minute two-man advantage and 3 minutes 50 seconds of consecutive time on the power play in total late in the third period, but failed to capitalize against the Lightning and taxi squad goaltender Christopher Gibson (22 saves).