Poor Detroit and New York, two teams that had so much potential going into the season are suddenly out of the playoff picture. Could a trade fix their issues?
The Anaheim Ducks and the host Florida Panthers, who are set to meet on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., both lost on Thursday. The Ducks seemed kind of happy with the loss.
Nothing is expected to change the mind of New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury, who is set on being sellers ahead of the March 7 trade deadline. Drury was already quite busy earlier in the season when he shipped out captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks and forward Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken,
With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.