The window did not completely close Detroit Red Wings’ chances of playoff, but the gap of the window shrinks rapidly and is about to lock.
Detroit, who chased the joker card point of the number 2 organized by Hot Montreal Canadiens, will complete a Sunshine State in a row when he meets Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night.
Red Wings (36-35-7, 79 points) unless you win the last four matches, Canadiens (39-30-9, 87 points) drops the final four and does not go correctly, Detroit looks at a sequel in a row.
Thursday night Sunrise, Fla.
However, Florida Panthers exhibited a type of defense that took the title of the first Stanley Cup last season and scored four unanswered goals and limited Detroit to 23 shots with a 4-1 victory.
The result means Red Wings’s chase is almost over.
According to NHL.com, Debrincat said, “We are watching the rankings for the last few weeks and we were right there.” He said. “It’s hard. We still have to be ready to play and give our best shot. We still have an opportunity, so go out and win the rest of the games.”
Lightning (45-26-7, 97 points) did not do any good on his previous trips, the opener of a four-game house.
Tampa Bay, who has recently known for landing on Fast Javelin, Toronto Maple Leafs, who visited the previous night, returned with a pair of goals in the first 3:53 because he returned from the 3-1 road defeat against Panthers the night before.
Lightning fought in the match of the two best clubs of the Atlantic Department, tied the game twice and forced the overtime.
There was a chance to score a big scoring on both sides, but Matthew Knies, Maple Leafs (48-26-4, 100 points) on Wednesday, 4-3 wins and the second career hat trick in the rankings across the Gulf of Tampa completed the trick.
“A shameful first 3 1/2 minutes,” said Lightning coach Jon Cooper. “It was an unfortunate situation. (Toronto) was a team that came back. We went on a eight -day journey, we were super late and we came to play a game.
Lightning has four matches (46-29-4, 96 points) when they stayed in front of the panthers in the third place (46-29-4, 96 points). Tampa Bay manages a point in the race to have the advantage of home-uses in the playoff match of the Potential Opening Tour of In-state competitors.
After encountering red wings, Tampa Bay will host Buffalo Sabres and Panthers. Lightning will close the normal season with a road game against New York Rangers.
In the art race, Ross Trophy (NHL points leader), Nikita Kucherov (34 goals, 82 assists) of Tampa Bay and Colorado Avalanche Nathan Mackinnon (32, 84) are first connected with 116 points.
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