Nevertheless, the win was important for the Wings, who have been inconsistent since their red-hot start to the 2025-26 season. There is still a lot of hockey to be played, but team-bonding victories like what Detroit had at Madison Square Garden can galvanize a team to turn things around.

Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan spoke about his team's bounceback against the Rangers after a late-game collapse vs Buffalo.

The New York Rangers said coach Mike Sullivan is missing their game Sunday night against Detroit because of personal reasons. No other details were provided. In Sullivan’s absence, assistants David Quinn and Joe Sacco were set to run the bench against the Red Wings.

Jeff Garlin couldn’t curb his enthusiasm while visiting the Red Wings locker room after Sunday night’s game against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK -- The Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers both will wrap up their respective weekend back-to-back sets when the Original Six clubs square off at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.

Mattias Samuelsson scored at 1:05 of overtime as Buffalo rallied from a three-goal deficit to snap a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over Detroit.