Todd McClellan drops ’60 Minutes’ truth bomb on Rangers win
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 2-1 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday to move to 11-7-1 on the season. Cam Talbot was sensational in net, making 18 saves in the effort. Lucas Raymond scored the winner to send the Blueshirts fans home sad. The The Red Wings collapsed against the Sabers in the previous gameso head coach Todd McLellan was especially proud of this effort.
“Really good answer,” McClellan told NHL.com’s Dan Rosen. “I wasn’t really sure how it was going to go. Obviously we took one on the chin yesterday and we were looking for a little bit of that resilience. We saw that in our group, and I thought it was our best overall team game for the full 60 minutes. We were checking our chances. We didn’t have to play a lot of carelessness or recklessness a minute, so we found every minute of recklessness to win the group.”
The Red Wings put 42 shots on Jonathan Quick, who stood on his head to keep the Rangers in the game. But Raymond finally used the dagger with less than four minutes left in the third period. Frustrations boiled over after the buzzer, a line fight broke out. The wild match of the Original 6 in Manhattan went to McClellan.
On Saturday, the Red Wings lost 5-4 in overtime despite taking a 4-1 lead early in the second period. The Sabers stole a point in Detroit, which could have an impact down the line. But they quelled the impact the collapse had by taking two points in New York the next day.
The The Red Wings haven’t made the playoffs in a decade, with endless renewal orchestrated by Steve Yzerman. Now, they have some momentum as they look to make a playoff run this season.
The Red Wings host the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.
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