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Red Wings' power play awakens, but Lightning puts them to sleep, 4-3

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The power play finally delivered, but still the Detroit Red Wings had to swallow coming away empty handed.

They lost for a second straight game to an Atlantic Division rival, falling 4-3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday at Joe Louis Arena.

Third-period man-advantage goals seemingly fueled a comeback, but it was not to be.

“We got it close, but we need points,” captain Henrik Zetteberg said. “We can’t keep losing games if we want to be a team that is battling for playoffs.