DETROIT – Rangers coach Gerard Gallant was asked before Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings if he feared his team, playing on the second night of a back-to-back, and coming off a huge win Tuesday over the Penguins in Pittsburgh, might suffer a letdown against the lowly Red Wings.
“They're out of the playoffs, but they're not going to give you the game,’’ Gallant said of the Red Wings. “They’ve got a lot of pride. They're playing for the next year's contracts … to see where they're going to be, and some of them are free agents, so they're not going to quit. They're going to work hard. And for our group, it's about playing every night and doing the best you can.’’
Considering the back-to-back thing, the Rangers actually played pretty well, rallying from three one-goal deficits before Andrew Copp scored 1:34 into overtime as the Rangers beat the Red Wings, 5-4.
