Detroit – The Red Wings are tumbling down in the standings.

The shine of their early-season success is beginning to fade, as Friday they dropped their third consecutive game and lost their fourth in their last five, 6-3 to Tampa Bay.

The Wings (13-11-1) are making too many defensive mistakes, the goaltending isn't good enough many nights, and not enough players are contributing offensively. It's all adding up to mounting defeats.

BOX SCORE: Lightning 6, Red Wings 3

Tampa's Jake Guentzel scored his 13th goal, at 12 minutes 37 seconds of the third period, giving Tampa a 5-3 lead.

With the teams skating four players per side, Guentzel, battled for position net-front, got his stick on Darren Raddysh's point shot and redirected the puck through goaltender John Gibson (22 saves).

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