The Detroit Red Wings continue to hang onto the Atlantic Division lead by a thread. Three red-hot teams are right on their tail, with the Tampa Bay Lightning leading the charge. Tampa is just one point behind Detroit with two games in hand. The Montreal Canadiens are two points back, also with two games in hand. And the Buffalo Sabres sit at six points back, but with three games in hand.
There's no room for error if you're the Red Wings. On Thursday night, they skated away with a loser point after falling in overtime against the Pittsburgh Penguins.