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Detroit Red Wings badly outplayed in 6-3 loss to Penguins, but hold playoff position
The Detroit Red Wings didn’t help their playoff hopes, but neither did their closest rivals.
One day after ending a seven-game losing streak, the Wings were back on the short end of a final score, losing 6-3 on Sunday to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. But the Wings (34-28-6) stayed in the second wild-card berth by virtue of one point.
By the time their game began, the New York Islanders already had lost their Sunday matinee, keeping them below the Wings in the standings, at 73 points. (The Washington Capitals are also at 73 points). Other than Alex Lyon starting in net, it was the same lineup that toppled the Buffalo Sabres Saturday in Detroit. The Penguins outshot the Wings, 40-27, taking advantage as the Wings reverted back to the shoddy team defense that has hampered their efforts throughout March.
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Lucas Raymond scored twice, the second on a power play setup by Patrick Kane with 3:23 to play. The Wings had Lyon pulled for much of the remaining time, and Drew O’Connor scored into an empty net with 26 seconds to play.
The Penguins, hanging on in the chase but unlikely to make the playoffs, made things difficult. They drew two penalties in the first 10 minutes and scored a second after the second power play expired when Reilly Smith redirected Marcus Petterson’s shot at 10:10.
That deficit was leveled by Raymond, who netted his fourth goal in four games when he fired a wrist shot from the dots at 15:39 that slipped by former Wings goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, who had lost his stick. At the time, shots favored Pittsburgh, 12-2. Sidney Crosby corralled a bouncing puck and scored on a backhand at 18:53, and Valtteri Puustinen scored with 43.2 seconds left in the first period to leave the Wings in a 3-1 hole.
Michael Bunting pushed it to 4-1 midway through the second, scoring another net-front goal. The Wings looked like they might make a game of it when Christian Fischer finished a perfect set-up by Michael Rasmussen from behind the net, but Lars Eller tipped Crosby’s shot during a power play with 20.7 seconds to go in the second period to put the Wings back down by three goals.
The Wings have 14 games left, six of them at home, and next play Tuesday at Little Caesars Arena against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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2 injured at Great Lakes Crossing shooting
Two injured in shooting at Great Lakes Crossing; suspect in custody. Authorities ask public to avoid the area.
Three people are dead and at least two others wounded after shootings broke out at Metro Detroit shopping malls just eight days apart.
The shootings all involved young adults, ages 19-22, who carried weapons, at least one lawfully.
At Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills on Saturday, a Pontiac man was killed and a woman injured in the food court after an altercation that occurred in a bathroom rekindled in the food court.
In Dearborn, Cameron Watkins and Keonte Seaborn, both 19 and of Detroit, were killed on July 3 at Fairlane Town Center after a July 3 altercation involving three others.
Keianna Hundley, Keonte’s mother, decried the violence that took her son just two years after he graduated from high school.
“Seeing him walk across the stage with a big smile meant everything to me,” Hundley said. “I don’t wish the pain I feel on any parent.”
Great Lakes Crossing mall shooting Saturday
Auburn Hills police said they were patrolling Great Lakes Crossing Outlets at about 5:20 p.m. when they received reports of shots fired in the food court.
A 22-year-old Detroit man and a 20-year-old Pontiac man had an altercation inside the food court restroom at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets earlier. After 5 p.m. Saturday, the Pontiac man, then with another individual, saw and attacked the Detroit man, who had a license to carry a concealed weapon.
The Detroit man fired on the Pontiac man, killing him and wounding a 19-year-old woman who was not identified, according to Auburn Hills police. The Detroit man was taken into custody and was cooperating with authorities but has not been identified by police.
The shooting sent shoppers scurrying for the exits and the mall was closed for the remainder of the day.
Fairlane shopping mall shooting July 3
Police update on fatal shooting at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn
Police update on fatal shooting at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn on Friday afternoon, July 3, 2026.
Early in the afternoon of July 3, several young adults were involved in an altercation at the mall.
Prosecutors determined that Watkins and Seaborn both produced weapons.
Watkins shot Seaborn with the weapon he took from the purse of another person linked to the shooting, Cania Cain, and then continued to “shoot recklessly in the public mall,” officials said. A fourth person, Martinez Long, 19, then shot Watkins, prosecutors allege. Long was arraigned Tuesday in Dearborn’s 19th District Court on one count of carrying a concealed weapon.
Watkins’ death was determined to be a shooting in self defense and no charges were authorized for the homicide
The chaos sent shoppers running for the exits, and one person was struck by a vehicle during the scramble to flee, Police Chief Issa Shahin said.
“Senseless gun violence continues to plague communities across the country,” Shahin said earlier this week. “We are saddened by this entirely preventable tragedy but have to reiterate: We will expend all resources to keep our city safe and hold individuals responsible for dangerous behavior.”
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DETROIT (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez struck out seven in seven innings, Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto doubled and the Philadelphia Phillies ended the Detroit Tigers’ six-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Saturday night.
The Phillies are 45-25 since snapping a 10-game losing streak April 25 and have the second-highest winning percentage in that span.
Sánchez (11-4) allowed two runs on 10 hits, bouncing back from a career-worst outing against Kansas City. Jonathan Bowlan threw a hitless eighth, and Jhoan Duran had a 1-2-3 ninth for his 24th save.
Trea Turner’s sacrifice fly got the Phillies on the board in the third inning. Derek Hill prevented Zach McKinstry from driving in the tying run with a spectacular diving catch.
Realmuto had a two-run double in the fourth to extend the lead.
The Tigers got one back on Eduardo Valencia’s solo homer in the fifth.
Casey Mize (4-6) worked 5 2/3 innings for Detroit.
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Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler (9-1, 2.28 ERA) was set to face Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (5-4, 3.06) on Sunday.
A woman died, and a person is in custody, in the aftermath of a two-vehicle crash on Friday evening in Detroit.
An emergency call was placed at 7:39 p.m., reporting the crash at Collingwood and Belleterre streets. The Detroit Police Department said one of the drivers was traveling at a high rate of speed on Collingwood and disregarded a stop sign at the intersection, striking the other vehicle.
The crash killed a woman who is in her 40s and injured a man who is also in his 40s. A medical condition was not available for the injured man.
The Detroit Police Department said a suspect is in custody and they are continuing to investigate.
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