The Canadiens hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. The Red Wings are six points behind with a game in hand. So are the New York Rangers, who play the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden on Monday (7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSG, TVAS).

The game is an emotional, if not yet mathematical, must-win for the Detroit Red Wings, whose hopes of reaching the playoffs can't stand much dashing. The Wings have seven points their last four games,

With their "season on the line," the Detroit Red Wings couldn't deliver, losing to the Montreal Canadiens, 4-1.