In Raleigh Monday night, Eddie Lack was injured when the Detroit Red Wings scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
He needed to be carted off the ice and taken to hospital. Reports are that he had full 
feeling in his extremities.
“With Eddie going down, it’s hard to think about the game,” Carolina’s Jordan Staal said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Eddie right now.”
Petr Mrazek made 39 saves in getting the 4-3 win for the Red Wings improved to 31-32-12.
The loss dropped the Canes to 33-27-14 but climbed to within four points of the playoffs with the loser’s point.
Andreas Athanasiou scored the game-winner and ran into Lack and made contact with his head; Lack fell back into the net and managed a thumbs-up as he was carted off the ice.
Jeff Skinner and Justin Faulk (two goals) scored for the Canes.
Tomas Tatar and Anthony Mantha (two goals) scored for the Wings in regulation.
“If you look throughout the season, they’re all one-goal games, and we’ve been able to win these [recent] one-goal games,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “We’ve got real good goaltending over the little bit. It’s been minuscule differences all season to flip your one-goal losses to one-goal wins.”
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