The Detroit Red Wings showed some fight Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Unfortunately, they waited until the third period to do it.

Playing their second game in as many nights, the Red Wings fell behind by two goals in the opening period and eventually suffered a 4-2 defeat at Benchmark International Arena.

The loss snapped the Red Wings' momentum following Monday's 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers and dropped the club to 7-6-3.

The Lightning improved to 9-3-2, extending their perfect home record to 7-0-0.

Red Wings Slide Early in Game

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) blocks a shot from Detroit Red Wings right wing Alex DeBrincat Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

The Red Wings' problems began early.

Brayden Point opened the scoring at 7:54 of the first period, converting a power-play opportunity after Moritz Seider was penalized for interference.…