Kane Giveth, Kane Taketh Away - Detroit's Comeback Fails, Playoff Hopes Fade - Apr. 5th, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
This (shocked) Detroit Red Wings podcast covers the unbelievable loss in Hockeytown after Patrick Kane's penalty, plus game recaps for McLellan's squad's last 3 games. Detroit Red Wings news and analysis breaks down just how outside the playoff picture Yzerman's team is.
(00:00) - Intro & Complete Shock
Three games, three different outcomes - the variety pack nobody wanted to experience for Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond & Co.
(03:55) - Red Wings vs Flyers Game Recap
John Gibson bounces back with a strong performance as Alex DeBrincat, Andrew Copp, and Patrick Kane lead the offense. Simon Edvinsson also rebounds and displays some sweet offensive flair.
(09:55) - Detroit vs. New York Rangers Game Recap
Detroit falls flat against New York despite them being one of the worst teams in the league. Axel Sandin-Pellikka gets back in the lineup and Dylan Larkin leads the team in shots on one leg. What does this loss say about the roster Steve Yzerman constructed and their playoff worthiness?
(21:55) - Red Wings vs. Wild Game Recap - Comeback and Kane's Penalty
Patrick Kane's late penalty costs Detroit in spectacular fashion after the Red Wings had a monumental 3 goal comeback vs. Minnesota.
(40:30) - Playoff Push - Is It Over?
Where the Red Wings sit in the Eastern Conference NHL Playoff race, and thought's on the players' response to pressure & criticism.
(58:25) - Red Wings News Updates
Max Plante's future, Noah Dower-Nilsson signs his ELC, and what's next for the Grand Rapids Griffins. Are Danielson, Brandsegg-Nygard, Mazur, and others all expected to graduate?
(1:03:40) - NHL News - Islanders Coaching Change
Patrick Roy fired again as the New York Islanders bring in Pete DeBoer LATE in the season.
(1:09:55) - Overtime Q&A
Your questions about the playoff race and what comes next for Steve Yzerman's squad.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Wingwheel podcast, the number one source for news, analysis, and discussion on the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL, and all things hockey. |
| 0:19.2 | Here are your hosts, Ryan Hanna, |
| 0:21.5 | Brad Criscoe, |
| 0:22.5 | and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm very jealous of the Artemis or NASA astronauts right now |
| 0:34.7 | because they are 250,000 miles away from the Detroit Red Wings. |
| 0:40.0 | They don't have a working toilet. |
| 0:42.8 | Their Microsoft Outlook has blown up twice. |
| 0:47.7 | They're the furthest people from humanity, and they don't have to watch the Detroit Red Wings. |
| 0:52.5 | I'm so jealous of that. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, they didn't watch what we just watched. I don't care that event froze and all of a sudden |
| 1:00.2 | you get some nasty wash from fumes. They didn't watch that third period and how that game ended. |
| 1:08.0 | They have it better than us. I think their health is at less risk than ours is after |
| 1:13.1 | watching that end to that game. If there was a Red Wings fan in that shuttle, they would do |
| 1:18.1 | an intentional burn to escape the moon's gravitational influence. The world's longest |
| 1:23.4 | spacewalk, yeah. They are also where we want to be because they are in a better position to hurl themselves into the sun, |
| 1:30.8 | which is what I want to do at the end of every Red Wings game at this point. |
| 1:33.9 | I'm actually in shock. |
| 1:35.4 | I thought we'd seen it all. |
| 1:37.0 | I really thought, you know, like the apathy is one thing and the they always lose is another thing. |
| 1:42.3 | But I really didn't think it could be anything new. |
| 1:44.7 | I thought it could be frustrating that this team would lose in, you know, repetitive ways, |
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