The playoff race gets tighter as the Detroit Red Wings top the Minnesota Wild in regulation. Jimmy Howard stopped 20 of 22 shots and looks like he may hang to the starting position as we head down the stretch. Gustav Nyquist and Riley Sheahan each had a multi-point night in the winning effort.
The scoring started as Dylan Larkin recorded his 23rd goal of the season, pushing himself into Calder consideration once again. Detroit would pad its lead after a beautiful no look pass from Gustav Nyquist to Tomas Tatar who shot from nearly an impossible angle and beat Devan Dubnyk.