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Red Wings: Yesterday’s Loss Shows Goaltending Can Bridge the Rebuild

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - MAY 01: Thomas Greiss #29 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates a 1-0 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning with Adam Erne #73 at Little Caesars Arena on May 01, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

The Lightning scored 16 seconds into the first period. A minute into the second, they added another. Tampa Bay ended up outshooting the Red Wings 42 to 23. But the game came down to the wire, and ended in only a one goal victory for the Lightning. How did the Wings keep such an uneven game so close?