RED WINGS (21-23-9) at CAPITALS (32-17-5) 3 p.m. ET; SN1, SNE, SNO, SNW, TVAS, FS-D, NBCSWA, NHL.TV
Detroit led 5-2 with 6:22 left in the third period when forward Tyler Bertuzzi was given a match penalty for slashing Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck. New York scored four times on the same power play and won 7-6 in overtime. The Red Wings have lost three in a row and nine of 13 (4-7-2). They're 10 points behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. The Capitals have won two straight games and are five points ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins for first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Players to watch
Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou doesn't have a point in his past seven games. Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov is on a six-game point streak (two goals, seven assists).
They said it
"For a large stretch of that game we played very, very good hockey, the kind of hockey we've got to play to go into Washington and win. We better go there and find a win." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on how to shake off their loss Friday "The organization puts the trust in me to try to figure out how we can maximize Andre's ability and it's my job to make him better. And sometimes it's almost like a parent where it's tough love." -- Capitals coach Barry Trotz, who has made forward Andre Burakovsky a healthy scratch four times in the past 15 games
Zetterberg did not practice with the Red Wings on Saturday but is expected to play.
Stat pack
Zetterberg's next power-play goal will be the 100th of his NHL career. … The Capitals have scored a power-play goal in seven of their past 10 games. … Eller (28 points; 11 goals, 17 assists) is two points from his NHL career-high with the Montreal Canadiens in 2012-13. He signed a five-year, $17.5 million contract extension Saturday.
