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Mrazek In Goal For Critical Game 3 Against Lightning

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning in Detroit Sunday with a two-games-to-none lead in their first-round series with the Red Wings.

The Wings will start Petr Mrazek in goal for the pivotal Game 3 against the Lightning in Detroit.

Getting to head home won't make much of a difference for the Red Wings if they don't get more going against Ben Bishop or slow down Tyler Johnson and his line.

Neither notion has come easy for them in the past two years.

After being pushed to the distance by the Red Wings in last year's first round, the Tampa Bay Lightning can take a big step toward making much quicker work of them Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena.

Tyler Johnson scored twice in the third period and had two assists as the Lightning downed the Wings 5-2. Johnson snapped a 2-2 deadlock just over two minutes after Brad Richards tied it for Detroit. Nikita Kucherov  netted his third goal of the series and Ben Bishop finished with 30 saves to help the Lightning retain home-ice advantage.

Dylan Larkin had the first goal for the Red Wings, who host Game 3 on Sunday.

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