March Madness on ice? Red Wings’ Jake Walman nets game-winning buzzer beater vs. Hurricanes

March Madness on ice? Red Wings defenseman Jake Walman nets game-winning buzzer beater in wild finish against Carolina as Hurricanes’ lead over Devils is cut to one point

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jake Walman got into the March spirit with a game-winning buzzer beater against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Walman’s slapper from just inside the blue line snuck behind Canes netminder Federik Andersen as players from both teams battled for position in front of the crease.

The Wings are currently seventh in the Atlantic division and unlikely to make the playoffs, but Detroit coach Derek Lalonde praised his players after the win for their continued focus amid a difficult season.

‘This group hasn’t quit all year and I don’t expect them to quit now,’ Lalonde said.

Dominik Kubalik and captain Dylan Larkin also scored for the Red Wings and Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves to beat his former team.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jake Walman got into the March spirit on Thursday night

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jake Walman got into the March spirit on Thursday night

Kubalik scored 59 second into the game and Larkin connected on a power play at 7:26 of the second. Larkin extended his team leads in goals with 28 and power-play goals with 15.

Carolina defense partners Brent Burns and Jaccob Slavin scored 3:36 apart in the second — at 42 seconds and 4:18.

Andersen made 19 saves in his first loss against Detroit. He entered the game 10-0-1 against the Red Wings.

It was a costly loss for the Canes, who have a tenuous one-point lead on second-place New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division.

And speaking of the Devils, Erik Haula and Timo Meier scored and Vitek Vanecek made three big third-period saves to lead New Jersey past New York on Thursday in Newark.

Vanecek finished with 24 saves as the Devils won the season series 3-1 and opened a four-point lead over the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division with two weeks left in the season. He stopped Vincent Trocheck in close twice and Vladimir Tarasenko in the final 12 minutes in picking up his 30th win.

Walman's slapper from the blue line snuck behind Canes netminder Federik Andersen

Walman’s slapper from the blue line snuck behind Canes netminder Federik Andersen

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