Detroit Red Wings playoff odds, NHL wild-card standings in East
The Detroit Red Wings' playoff odds have fallen to below 40% with 6 games left in the regular season. Here's a look at NHL wild-card race in the East.
The Detroit Red Wings need a bounce-back Sunday at home in the worst way. They might need it to save their season, too. They were dropped 4-1 on Saturday afternoon by the bottom-feeding New York Rangers in New York.
The Red Wings' odds of making the playoffs have dropped below 40%, according to PlayoffStatus . The Red Wings now own the longest playoff drought in the NHL at nine years, after the Buffalo Sabres clinched a playoff spot Saturday to break a 14-year streak. The Red Wings have benefitted from other recent swoons from Eastern Conference foes, including the Columbus Blue Jackets and Ottawa Senators, making a four-way tie for the final wild-card spot in the East, along with the surging Philadelphia Flyers.
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Montreal Canadiens, 100 pts, 76 GP. Buffalo Sabres, 100 pts, 77 GP. Boston Bruins, 94 pts, 76 GP.