Detroit — The way they played this one Sunday, one almost wondered if Wayne Gretzky was still skating for the Oilers, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and folks were waiting for the fourth “Star Wars” movie.
“It looked like 1986, not 2016,” coach Jeff Blashill said after the Red Wings yielded five goals — including four on the first nine shots of the game — and managed to beat their divisional rivals, the Bruins, 6-5, in a significant game for the standings.
The Wings trailed the Bruins by a point, and jumped over them into second place in the Atlantic Division, one ahead of Boston and three behind the Panthers.