Recap: Red Wings fall short against Lightning, 3-1

The Detroit Red Wings opened a back-to-back in the state of Florida with a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night at Amalie Arena.
Robby Fabbri scored Detroit's lone goal on a heads-up play in the second period to tie the game at 1-1. Moritz Seider extended his point streak to eight games after assisting on Fabbri's goal.

The Red Wings were unable to take the lead, and the Lightning netted a pair of goals in the third period, including an empty-netter.
Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 35 saves in the loss, while captain Dylan Larkin saw his 10-game point streak come to an end.
Carter Rowney took a shot off his right foot in the second period and did not return.
Detroit dropped to 24-25-6 overall this season.
NEXT UP: The Red Wings will wrap up the min-road trip when they face the Florida Panthers on Saturday night for the second leg of the back-to-back. Puck drop from FLA Live Arena is set for 6 p.m., and will be televised on ESPN+ and Hulu.

SCORING SUMMARY

Tampa Bay 1, Detroit 0 (6:43, 2nd period)
The Lightning's power-play unit opened the scoring when Brayden Point tipped in Victor Hedman's shot for his 22nd goal of the season.
Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1 (13:05, 2nd period)
After Seider took a pass from Tyler Bertuzzi, his shot was initially blocked by Tampa Bay goalie Brian Elliott. But the puck squeaked through Elliott's legs and Fabbri quickly pounced, tapping it over the goal line for his first tally since Feb. 23.

Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1 (10:21, 3rd period)
Tampa Bay scored its second power-play goal of the night when Mikhail Sergachev's shot zipped over Nedeljkovic's glove and off the crossbar into the net.
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1 (19:58, 3rd period)
Steven Stamkos put the game away for good with an empty-netter in the closing seconds of Friday night's game.

QUOTABLE

Jeff Blashill on what he saw from the Red Wings on Friday night
"We didn't get it out of our end. We gave up a good amount of zone time, a good amount of shots. I didn't think it was a whole bunch of big-time chances. I thought we did a decent job of protecting middle-ice."
Larkin on how he felt after the loss
"It's frustrating right now. It's a tough feeling but we have to bounce back because we have Florida tomorrow and they're equally as dangerous."
Larkin on Nedeljkovic's performance
"He'd be the first one to say that he's been fighting it a little bit. That was a great performance out of him tonight. He was calm and ate up a lot of rebounds."