Certainly coach Todd McLellan did not have much positive to say after ... Rewatching it will show the same thing: Andrei Vasilevskiy, a world-class goaltender, made 39 saves, so it wasn't like all the Wings did was play defense. The problem?

Moritz Seider led the way in ice time with 24:21. The next highest time on ice was Erik Gustafsson, who played 19:49. A few forwards reached the 18-minute threshold, Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat. Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin both played just under 18 minutes.

Wings coach Todd McLellan made a point of stating how much of a surprise Albert Johansson has been in the last couple weeks.

The Detroit Red Wings possessed the puck, dictated the play, won the special teams battle and played with the lead through much of their recent successful run. They’ve gotten away from that lately, losing three of the past four.

The Red Wings won their second consecutive game on this three-game homestand Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Tampa.

The Detroit Red Wings took nearly 40 shots but mustered just one goal in a 5-1 road loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher's shot at 9:55 of the second period, and Michael Rasmussen scored an empty-netter in the final minute to clinch Detroit's victory.

DETROIT — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher’s shot at 9:55 of the second period, and Michael Rasmussen scored an empty-netter in the final minute to clinch Detroit’s victory.

Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0.

Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night.Marco Kasper redire

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings won a game for the ages Saturday – sort of. Their oldest and youngest players combined to lead them to a 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Little Caesars Arena.

The Red Wings (23-21-5, 51 points) have won back-to-back games, both with Talbot in net. Talbot is 7-1-0 in his past eight starts. The one loss was a 5-1 setback at Tampa Bay Jan. 18 when he was pulled after two periods.