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Pens come back to beat the Bruins in OT so the Wings are 1 point ahead of Boston through 63 games. Wings hold the 1st wildcard spot currently, the Bruins hold the 2nd wildcard spot.

Arguably the biggest game of the year so far. Mo gives the Wings an early 1-0 lead in Jersey.

So the 2019 pick of Soderblom can be considered a success for a 6th rounder. Played almost 100 games in the NHL for the Wings in parts of three season and then was traded for a 3rd that was a piece in the trade for a top 4 defenseman. Only six other 6th rounders from that draft (and three 5th rounders and eleven 4th rounders) made the NHL at all, only one of whom has played more NHL games than Elmer.

#6 Ottawa also wins. They're just 6 points back of the Wings with a game in hand. Keep in mind the 4th place Wings can not make the playoffs as a 6th place team, even if only two Metro teams finish ahead of them.

The Wings have gone 3-5-2 for 8 points in the past 10 games. Florida, with 6 points, is the only team in the East with fewer points than that in the past 10. Over the past 10 games the Wings have lost ground to everyone in the playoff mix including 4 points on Tampa, 7 points on Buffalo, 7 points on Montreal, 9 points on Carolina, 3 points on Pittsburgh, 4 points on NYI, 5 points on Boston, 8 points on Columbus, 8 points on Ottawa, 4 points on Philadelphia and 4 points on Washington. Even in the West, only LA (with 7 points), Chicago (with 6 points) and Vancouver (with 7 points) have fewer points than the Wings over the past 10.

The Atlantic’s #1 Tampa, #2 Buffalo, #4 Montreal and #5 Boston all win. Of course.

Habs down 3-2 with under 6 minutes to go. You can guess what happens. 2 goals less than a minute apart and it’s 4-3 Habs with under 4 minutes to go.

Columbus was trailing Utah by 2 with under 7 minutes to go, but 2 goals in 30 seconds has tied the game at 4.

Careful, Red Wings-itis must be contagious.

The LA Kings outshot the Habs 16-1 in the 1st period but only managed one goal. Sure enough the Habs tie it up 1-1 early in the 2nd.

Go Mammoth go!

Does this mean Larkin is going to miss a bit?

The Habs have scored 3 goals in 4min 23s to turn a 4-2 3rd deficit in Anaheim into a 5-4 lead.

March Sadness

And they will. 3-1. Ugh.

That was a dreadful powerplay.

Big Wings powerplay coming up for the Wings with 5:21 to go. They are outplaying Florida but that doesn't matter this time of year.

Larkin limps to bench after a spear in the worst spot.

Like Vegas the other night, Florida is playing the back end of a back to back.

I was about to say that it's critical the Wings kill off the final minute of a penalty to start the 3rd. Sigh ...

Wings 1 Panthers 1 after 2. Wings should probably be ahead. Main thing is to avoid regulation losses especially at home