Red Wings-Stars wrap-up and overnight report: topping the heap (and some trade talk)

As the Detroit Red Wings? players tucked themselves into bed in Phoenix after yet another very late flight on Red Bird II, they could, at least fore a few hours, anyway, prepare for their day of rest and recuperation knowing that their 5-0 win over Buffalo on Monday and their gritty 3-2 shootout win over Dallas on Tuesday placed the team in rare territory:

This morning, the Red Wings sit atop the Western Conference with 30 wins and 61 points, and until this evening, anyway, they also sit in second place in the NHL, only a point behind the New York Rangers. Now the Wings may very well find themselves in fourth or fifth place in the West and the league by the time they face off against Phoenix on Thursday (9 PM EST, FSD/FS Arizona/WXYT), but as the Wings prepare to grind out the rest of their pre-Winter Classic announcement schedule with 4 games in 7 nights prior to the All-Star break and resume their schedule with four games in three Canadian provinces and a return to Phoenix over six nights?You take what you can get and celebrate your achievements when you?re able to do so, no matter how fleeting one?s status as the king of the hill might be.

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