Star-Spangled Success Lights Up Detroit in Thrilling Victory!
Detroit Red Wings score: Lucas Raymond scored the equalizer with 3:26 remaining in the 3rd to send it to OT as the Wings nabbed a point in a 3-2 loss.
The Detroit Red Wings return home showcasing their resilience. Their last four-game road trip of the season yielded three points, but by the end of the trip they were with a burgeoning sick bay. The Wings played well defensively against the Dallas Stars on Saturday, March 14, at American Airlines Center in Dallas but could not generate enough offense, and wound up losing 3-2 in overtime when Thomas Harley scored on a snapshot two minutes into the extra period.
Goaltender John Gibson continued to do what he could control to keep his teammates in the race, and Lucas Raymond put himself in position in front of the net to tie the game with 3:26 to play. FINDING FAITH: Detroit Red Wings 'have to believe in ourselves' as playoff footing slips Detroit Red Wings playoff picture With the point for reaching overtime, the Red Wings (36-23-8, 80 points) stayed a point ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second and final wild-card berth in the Eastern Conference. They’re also two points behind the Montreal Canadiens, who lost Saturday night, for third in the Atlantic Division, and eight points back of the Atlantic-leading Buffalo Sabres.
Next up for the Wings They’ll come home to face another Western Conference foe – this one slightly less imposing than the Stars (No. 2 in the West) – on Monday (7 p. m.
, FanDuel Sports Network Detroit): The Calgary Flames, who entered Saturday next to last in the West at 26-33-7. The Wings beat them, 4-3, out in Alberta back in mid-December. Winged Wheel and injuries The Wings played their second straight game without captain Dylan Larkin and No.