The Tampa Bay Lightning received early goals from Ross Colton and Brayden Point, and stellar goaltending from Andrei Vasilevskiy en route to a 2-1 victory in Saturday’s matinee game against the Detroit Red Wings. Adam Erne scored the lone goal for Detroit. Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 26 shots. Thomas Greiss stopped 27 of 29 in the loss. Tampa Bay secured their league-leading 26th win of the season, and pace the NHL with 54 points in 37 games (.730 points percentage).
1st Period
There was little doubt who the better team was to open this game.