{"id":538837,"date":"2026-04-03T17:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538837\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:34:18","slug":"the-daily-red-wings-back-in-playoff-hunt-what-is-faulks-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538837\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily: Red Wings Back in Playoff Hunt; What is Faulk&#8217;s Status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rollercoster finish for the Detroit Red Wings continued on Thursday, with a stirring 4-2 win at Philadelphia. 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 more so, because the Rangers are dead last in the Eastern Conference. But, given the rollercoaster the Red Wings have been on recently, this is hardly a gimme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Detroit is tied with Ottawa and Columbus for eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa is getting the tiebreaker due to the most regulation wins. All three teams are a point behind the New York Islanders, who currently sit third in the Metropolitan Division.<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>John Gibson was once again stalwart in goal with another key performance for Detroit. He has been in the net for the last 13 games due in part to an undisclosed injury to backup Cam Talbot, who was on the bench Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s game starts the last 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 on 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 queasy feeling 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 Faulk l<\/a>eft the game with a lower-body injury in the second period and didn\u2019t return, forcing coach Todd McLellan 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 Faulk 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 Philadelphia.&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-538837","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\/116341982110124577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538837","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=538837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538837\/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=538837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}