The Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 at Little Caesars Arena and are now 30-20-4 this season. Saturday’s game saw the Atlantic Division teams combine for six goals in the first period. Tampa Bay led 2-0 before Detroit made it 2-1, and the Lightning added two more goals prior to a Patrick Kane goal on the power play.

The Detroit Red Wings will host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday in NHL action at Little Caesars Arena in an afternoon matinee.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Red Wings 6-3 at Little Caesars Arena, snapping Detroit’s second seven-game winning streak under coach Todd McLellan. The Red Wings (28-22-5, 61 points) have a 13-day break for the 4 Nations Face-off before hosting Minnesota on Feb. 22.

ABC and ESPN+ are televising a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon on this second-to-last day before the NHL breaks for the 4 Nations Face-Off.

The Red Wings are on a full head of steam in the race for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The team reeled off three wins in their last homestand and followed that up by sweeping its four-game road trip, beating the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Kraken, tying their season-long win streak of seven games.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will visit the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday afternoon in what will be the first game of this weekend's back-to-back. The next two matchups against Detroit and Montreal will be their last opportunity to grab points before the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

Looking to enter the 4 Nations Face-Off break on a winning note, the Detroit Red Wings will try to pick up their eighth straight victory when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday afternoon.