COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Steve Yzerman follows NHL scores every night. Even when his own team is in the middle of a game, the Detroit Red Wings general manager monitors other games, especially those involving Atlantic Division rivals.

Did someone score late? Is a game headed to overtime? Is another team earning an extra point in the standings?

“I’m like, ‘I don’t care who wins,’” Yzerman said with a little laugh at the NHL Board of Governors meeting. “‘Just somebody win it in regulation.’”

The Stanley Cup Playoff race is incredibly tight in the Eastern Conference.

The Red Wings were below the cut line entering Monday. With a 4-0 win at the Vancouver Canucks that night, they jumped into first place in the Atlantic.

In the Atlantic, three points separate first from fifth, and five se

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