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Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy and Zach Bogosian skated Thursday, but none was available to play against the Red Wings.
The Red Wings (31-16-5, 67 points) earned a point to move a point past Tampa Bay and into the top spot in the Atlantic Division, but the Lightning have four games in hand. Detroit lost for only the third time when leading after two periods (21-1-2) and fell to 8-3 in OT.
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Mats Zuccarello recorded his first multi-goal game of the season for the Wild, who had not won at Grand Casino Arena since Dec. 20.
The Minnesota Wild are again dealing with a heap of injuries, now down 5 major contributors as of Saturday, including goal-leader Matt Boldy.
Minnesota Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin underwent surgery for a lingering lower body injury that will prevent him from playing for Sweden in the Olympics next month, coach John Hynes confirmed on Thursday.
The Wild got a monstrous performance from Marcus Foligno on Monday against the Leafs. He now has five goals in his last four games.
The Montreal Canadiens secured a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild at Bell Centre to kick off a two game win streak.