Wings out to complete perfect road trip, take on Kraken

The Detroit Red Wings are red hot.A six-game winning streak has Detroit at the top of the Eastern Conference wild-card race heading into a meeting with the host Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.”That’s awesome,” Detroit forward Patrick Kane said of the Red Wings’ place in the standings following a 3-2 overtime win against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. “I knew we were one point out coming in, so — big win. It wasn’t the prettiest, but huge win for the team. We’re finding ways to win right now.”If Detroit can take care of the Kraken on Tuesday, it will complete a sweep of a four-game road trip that began with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Edmonton Oilers last Thursday. The Red Wings then defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Saturday before Alex DeBrincat scored twice and goaltender Alex Lyon made 25 saves to lead the way versus Vancouver.DeBrincat had the game-winning goal at 4:18 of the extra session.”We’re feeling good,” said DeBrincat, who has 23 goals on the season to match captain Dylan Larkin for the team lead. “We’re able to win games that maybe isn’t our best performance.”The Red Wings, who once looked like a team that wouldn’t have to worry about the playoffs, have gone 14-4-1 since Todd McLellan replaced Derek Lalonde as coach on Dec. 26.McLellan said that he was especially pleased that his players posted back-to-back wins on the road on consecutive nights.”I give the guys a lot of credit for showing some character,” McLellan said. “As (assistant coach) Trent Yawney says, sometimes the art has to hang in the basement. It wasn’t real pretty, but we found a way to scrap out a game that we didn’t win on our first four-game road trip, back-to-back. So credit to them. Let’s get some rest now, it’s really important.”

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