COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Wings have actually gotten used to this, the late push in the season to make the playoffs in the salary-cap era.
Monday night the Philadelphia Flyers snapped the Tampa Bay Lightning's nine-game winning streak to pull within two points of the Red Wings, who are eighth in the Eastern Conference with 75 points.
The Flyers have gone 7-2-1 in their last 10.
The Wings have dropped their last two games to the Western Conference -leading Chicago Blackhawks.
"You don’t want to put together a stretch of too many games where you’re not getting points because it’s gonna set you back," Justin Abdelkader said.