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The Detroit Red Wings required a wonder to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and they all however pulled it off throughout a significant surface versus the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
For the Red Wings, their fate was not totally in their hands.
Heading into Tuesday’s slate, the last Eastern Conference wild-card area was up for grabs, with the Red Wings, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins all within striking range. The Red Wings required both a win and a Washington loss to have a shot at reaching the playoffs.
For a 2nd successive day, Detroit astonishingly kept its season alive with a last-second objective. Lucas Raymond played hero Monday, however on Tuesday night it was Red Wings winger David Perron scoring with 5 seconds staying in guideline to connect the video game 4– 4 and force overtime.
For a couple of minutes, the Red Wings’ season still lived.
Detroit’s hopes were rushed when– in a matter of minutes– the Capitals scored an empty-net objective over 450 miles away at Wells Fargo Arena to offer them a late 2– 1 lead over Philadelphia.
The Capitals held on to win, putting an end to the playoff imagine the Red Wings, Flyers and Penguins.
THE WINGS DID IT AGAIN THEY TIE IT WITH 3.3 SECONDS LEFT pic.twitter.com/Ye9xpZsc1M
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The Flyers opted for an empty-net method to attempt and protect a win in guideline, which was their only path to the postseason as they required to avoid Washington from getting a point. The Capitals had the ability to make the most of the empty internet, scoring the game-winning objective with 2 minutes left in guideline.
What a wild night of hockey.