The Detroit Red Wings have been winning lately and they have closed to within three points of the New York Rangers and have passed the Devils into fourth place in the lottery standings. The Rangers have a game in hand, but the Wings own the ROW tiebreaker so if they end up tied, the Rangers win.
Believe it or not, there is still an improbable chance that the Rangers could slip into third place overall in the lottery standings. For that to happen, they will need a lot of help from the Devils and Red Wings.
Detroit got to fourth place by winning in overtime of the hapless Buffalo Sabres.