Red Wings creep closer to playoff spot with 2-1 victory over Bruins
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DETROIT — The Red Wings crept a little closer Saturday to a playoff spot.
It's still bunched up, five teams separated by a point (pending the New York Rangers' game in San Jose), but the Wings are one of the five after a 2-1 victory over the depleted Boston Bruins.
Marco Kasper and Lucas Raymond (power play) had Wings goals and goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 21 shots including a game-saving glove save on Casey Mittelstadt with 9.3 seconds left.
The Wings and New York Islanders both have 74 points, trailing Montreal (who owns the wild-card spot), Columbus and the Rangers, who all have 75.
Morgan Geekie (power play) had the Bruins goal.
Kasper puts the Wings ahead 1-0, intercepting a pass near the blue line, skating to the dot and blasting a shot past goaltender Jeremy Swayman for Kasper's 15th goal.
The Wings went up 2-0 on Raymond's 26th goal. Moritz Seider set Raymond up for a one-timer just 53 seconds into the second period.
But Boston cut the lead to 2-1 on Geekie's 26th goal, redirecting a pass from David Pastrnak past Talbot at 2:12.
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