Dropping games in Florida is no recent feat for the Red Wings, who lost both of their Sunrise matchups against the Panthers earlier and now head to Tampa for the colossus of the Central in back-to-back weekend afternoon tilts.

Svech cleared and was taxi’d. We’ve got Filppula and Nielsen manning the third line. Woof.

Tampa dressed appropriately for a funeral too.

First Period

The Bolts jump out with a quick scoring chance, but Luke Schenn falls at our blue line and sends the Wings on an odd-man chance from Darren Helm that Luke Glendening puts into Andrei Vasilevskiy’s chest before the Bolts knock their own net off its pegs.