Jan. 12, 2019 marked 1,000 days since a Detroit pro sports team won a playoff game, the worst such stretch of futility since 1978-84. Detroit Free Press
On April 17, 2016, the Detroit Red Wings shut out the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0, in front of a sell-out Joe Louis Arena crowd, cutting their first-round, best-of-seven playoff series deficit to 2-1.
Andreas Athanasiou and Henrik Zetterberg scored and Petr Mrazek had the shutout in goal for the Wings.
So why am I telling you about some random NHL playoff game from three years ago?