User blog comment:Victory awaits/The actual outcome of Apocalypse?/@comment-87.116.253.21-20161002110418/@comment-1975828-20161004110924

Yes, Death was apparently bound to Nick's body, that is stated on the wikia. However, this was a fight between brothers and not involving some tool Lucifer couldn't care less about. Lucifer didn't want to fight, but if he had to, he would.

Maybe he was destined to lose, but that doesn't mean Lucifer was always going to lose. There was hope for him. Sadly, there is no indication that Lucifer would ever call upon Death to kill his brother. Nope.