Philadelphia 1, Detroit 0
Flyers winger Owen Tippett opened the scoring with a breakaway goal against John Gibson at the 4:07 mark of the first period.
Trevor Zegras stole the puck from Moritz Seider at center ice and found Tippett behind Simon Edvinsson for a 1-0 lead.
Follow along for updates on the prime-time game at Little Caesars Arena.
Detroit is one point out of the final wild-card position in the Eastern Conference after Friday’s 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo.
Scoreboard watching: Senators, Blue Jackets lose
The Red Wings got good news on Saturday afternoon with the Ottawa Senators losing 4-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets losing 3-2 to the San Jose Sharks.
Detroit is one point behind Columbus and can get back into the playoffs with a win tonight and Ottawa is tied with the Red Wings with 86 points.
Jackson’s Carter Mazur in lineup
Winger Carter Mazur is in the Detroit Red Wings’ lineup tonight and is playing on a line with Marco Kasper and Emmitt Finnie.
The Wings recalled Mazur from the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League on Saturday afternoon, prior to the game against the Philadelphia Flyers at Little Caesars Arena (8 p.m., ABC, 97.1).
Mazur, who replaces James van Riemsdyk in the lineup, has 15 points (11-4-15), a plus-six rating with the Griffins during the 2025-26 season.
The Jackson native made his NHL debut with the Red Wings against Utah last year on March 6, 2025. He played only two shifts and 1:10 of ice time after suffering an injury.
How to watch, Red Wings vs. Flyers, Saturday
Faceoff: 8 p.m. Saturday, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
TV/radio: ABC/97.1 FM
Notable: Alex Bump, Christian Dvorak and Noah Coates each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers in a 5-1 win against the Blackhawks on Thursday. … Sean Couturier and Denver Barkley also scored, Owen Tippett had two assists and Samuel Ersson made 25 saves for the Flyers (35-24-12)
Dylan Larkin visits PWHL players
Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin met with players from the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Saturday morning, prior to the PWHL Takeover Tour game at Little Caesars Arena.
In a matinee game at LCA, the Montreal Victoire ralled from a 1-0 deficit in the third period to beat the New York Sirens, 3-1.
Larkin posed for a photo with New York goalies Callie Shanahan (Commerce Township) and Kaley Doyle (Livonia).
Wings defenseman Travis Hamonic met with Montreal Victoire forwards Abby Roque (Sault Ste. Marie) and Shiann Darkangelo (Brighton).
The PWHL set a Detroit attendance record with a crowd of 15,938, the most fans at the four PWHL games in the last three years.
March 28, 2026, Montreal 3, New York 1, 15,938
March 16, 2025, New York 4, Minnesota 1, 14,288
March 16, 2024, Boston 2, Ottawa 1 (SO), 13,736
Jan. 8, 2026, Vancouver 4, Boston 3, 9,624
Red Wings 10 remaining games
The Red Wings have 84 points with 10 games remaining and may need as many as 100 points to break a nine-year playoff drought.
To reach 100 points, Detroit would need 16 points in 10 games or a 7-1-2 record.
Saturday, March 28: Philadelphia
Tuesday, March 31: @ Pittsburgh, 7
Thursday, April 2: @ Philadelphia, 7
Saturday, April 4: @ N.Y. Rangers, 12:30
Sunday, April 5: Minnesota, 1
Tuesday, April 7: Columbus, 7
Thursday, April 9: Philadelphia, 9
Saturday, April 11: New Jersey
Monday, April 13: @ Tampa Bay, 7
Wednesday, April 15: @ Florida, 7
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Live updates: Red Wings vs. Flyers, Carter Mazur in lineup
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