By Neil Koepke
MSUSpartans.com staff writer
DETROIT – Down 2-0 to Michigan, Michigan State battled to make it 2-1 in the first minute of the third period.
Down 3-1, the Spartans pushed back to make it 3-2 with 4:34 left in the third period.
And down 3-2, MSU came within inches of tying the game – and maybe sending it into overtime for the second straight night – with 2:29 to go.
But an outstanding, timely, goal-line save by a Wolverine defenseman – not goalie Hayden Lavigne – kept Michigan State from making it 3-3.