{"id":538623,"date":"2026-04-03T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538623\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:26:14","slug":"the-daily-red-wings-back-in-playoff-hunt-what-is-faulks-srtatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538623\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily: Red Wings Back in Playoff Hunt; What is Faulk&#8217;s Srtatus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rollercoster finish for the Detroit Red Wings continued on Thursday, with a stirring 4-2 win at Philadelhia. It was a decidedly up performance for the team after Tuesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/red-wings-lack-of-attention-span-is-alarming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">downer<\/a> in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings are in New York to play the Rangers Saturday, and this,. like all games for a team on the brink of elimination, is a must-win affair. <\/p>\n<p>Even moreso, because the Rangers are dead last in the Eastern Conference. But, given the rollercoaster the Rec Wings have been on recently, this is hardly a gimme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team is tied with Ottawa and Columbus for eighth place in the Eastern Conference,. with Ottawa getting the tiebreaker due to most regulation wins. All three teams are a point behind the seventh-place new York Islanders.<\/p>\n<p>There were a couple of milestones passed in Thursday\u2019s game. The Red Wings surpassed last year\u2019s win and point totals with the victory, and Patrick Kane passed Brett Hull in career points with a goal and two assists..\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Gibson was once again stalwart in goal, another key performance for Detroit. He has been in net the last 13 games due in poart to an undisclosed injury to backup Cam Talbot, who was on the bench Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s game starts the home stretch for the Wings, who have four games at Little  Caesars Arena next week before a season-ending trip to Florida. It begins with a Sunday afternoon game with Minnesota, followed by games with Columbus Tuesday, Philadelphia on Thursday and New Jersey next Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like a rollercoaster, it will either be a thrill ride or one that leaves a quesyfeeling in the stomach all summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Red  Wings In Case You Missed It<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/red-wings-trade-acquisition-knocked-out-of-flyers-matchup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Fault l<\/a>eft the game with a lower-body injury in the second period and didn\u2019t return, forcing coach Tod McLelland to juggle his five remaining blueliners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe five that continued to play got a lot of minutes, and they certainly had their push,\u201d McLellan said. \u201cSo, we had to manage and make sure the shift length was proper, especially for our D, and our forwards took care of them for the most part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McLellan said Fault will be evaluated today in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hockey Now Digest<\/p>\n<p>Boston: A stinker in Florida.<a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2026-04-02-bruins-snap-four-game-win-streak-lose-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Boston Bruins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal: Cole Canfield nears a milestone. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/montreal-canadiens\/montreal-canadiens-rangers-highlights-caufield-48-goals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rollercoster finish for the Detroit Red Wings continued on Thursday, with a stirring 4-2 win at Philadelhia.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,1511,93,5137,5,4,2821,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-538623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-hockey-now","10":"tag-detroit-red-wings","11":"tag-detroitredwings","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-patrick-kane","15":"tag-red-wings","16":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116341478902807568","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}