Daley, Red Wings hand Rangers seventh straight loss

NEW YORK -- Trevor Daley scored with 5.6 seconds left in overtime and the Detroit Red Wings won for the second time in as many nights with a 3-2 victory against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
Daley scored on a deflection of Frans Nielsen's pass to the net. Andreas Athanasiou and Darren Helm also scored, and Jimmy Howard made 36 saves.

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The Red Wings (26-26-10), who also defeated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, are tied for fourth in the Atlantic Division with the Florida Panthers and are five points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

"We knew all along that this team is a good team in here," Daley said. "We're good, we just haven't gotten the results. When you're not getting the results, you're questioning what's going on, but we've stuck with it, we're sticking with it, and it's paying dividends right now. It's in our control. If we win our games, who knows what can happen."
The Red Wings have won back-to-back games nine times this season, but have extended their winning streak to three games once (four in a row from Dec. 29-Jan. 5).
"I don't like using the word desperate, but that's probably the situation we're in," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "We need wins now. I prefer urgent. It was good to come out here and get a win in overtime."
The Rangers (27-30-6) haven't won since Feb. 11. They have now lost seven consecutive games (0-6-1) and they're 3-13-1 since Jan. 20. They're last in the Metropolitan Division and seven points behind the Blue Jackets for the second wild card.
Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves and J.T. Miller and Jesper Fast each scored. Ryan Spooner, who was acquired from the Boston Bruins on Sunday in the trade that sent Rick Nash to Boston, had assists on both goals.

"We just can't catch a break right now," Lundqvist said. "We're getting some good looks and creating some good chances to win in this game. I don't know what else to say. The good thing is that I think it was a step forward for us, the way we played the game."
Howard got the Red Wings started in the right direction 1:20 into the first period when he made a sprawling glove save on Chris Kreider's shot off a 2-on-1 rush with Pavel Buchnevich.
"It could be a different game if Jimmy doesn't make that save," Blashill said.
The Red Wings then built a 2-0 lead. Athanasiou scored on a slap shot from the right circle at 19:53 of the first period and Helm scored on a breakaway at 4:31 of the second.
The Rangers made it 2-1 on Miller's power-play goal at 7:51 of the second period. They tied the game on Fast's goal off a rebound at 11:16 of the third.
"We gave ourselves a chance to win," Miller said.
Neither team had a shot on goal in overtime until Daley deflected Nielsen's pass to the net down and past Lundqvist.
"I heard the bench yelling '10 seconds left,' so I knew we had to get it to the net," Daley said. "Frans made a great play getting it to the net and I got a stick on it. You put pucks to the net, you get sticks on them, it's tough for goalies to track. That's a big two points for us."
The Rangers thought they tied the game 2:56 before Fast scored, but video review confirmed the referee's call on the ice that Mika Zibanejad kicked the puck over the goal line with 11:40 remaining in the third period.

Detroit appeared to regain its two-goal lead 25 seconds after Miller scored, when Tomas Tatar scored off a rebound. But video review, which was initiated by a coach's challenge from the Rangers, showed Athanasiou came into the zone offside and the goal was overturned.

Goal of the game

Fast's goal at 11:16 of the third period.

Save of the game

Howard's save against Kreider at 1:20 of the first period.

Highlight of the game

Daley's goal at 4:54 of overtime.

They said it

"We're still there. We haven't been put away yet and we're going to continue to try and grind out wins." -- Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard
"You have to keep your focus on the game plan and try to play the right way throughout the game. There's a lot of things not going our way right now, but you don't have time to sit around and feel bad for yourselves." -- Rangers forward J.T. Miller

Need to know

Red Wings defenseman Mike Green missed his sixth consecutive game with an upper-body injury. Green is a candidate to be traded before the deadline on Monday at 3 p.m. ET. He can become an unrestricted free agent July 1. … The Rangers retired Hockey Hall of Fame member Jean Ratelle's No. 19 prior to the game and announced they would retire Vic Hadfield's No. 11 next season. Mark Messier's No. 11 is already retired by the Rangers.

What's next

Red Wings: At the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV)
Rangers: At the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; SNP, MSG, NHL.TV)