DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings are desperate for wins as they try to get into the playoffs for the 23rd straight time. Adidas NMD R1 Herr . On a night in which they barely beat the worst team in the Western Conference, coach Mike Babcock didnt diminish the importance of the much-needed victory. Tomas Tatar scored on Detroits third shootout attempt, and Jimmy Howard stopped all three Edmonton attempts to lift the Red Wings to a 2-1 win over the Oilers on Friday night. "Huge," Babcock said. "Howie, obviously, in the shootout, bailing us out was a real positive for us. "It gives us some confidence." Howard finished with 21 saves. Edmontons Ryan Smyth tied the game midway through the third period. Smyth scored on a shot from the slot that was set up by Detroit defenceman Brendan Smiths backhanded giveaway. "I absolutely didnt expect that," Smyth said. "I thought he was going to throw it around the boards. Smith just threw it up the middle." Riley Sheahan put the Red Wings ahead 1-0 late in the first period. They lost the lead and failed to take advantage of power plays late in regulation and midway through overtime. The banged-up Red Wings are missing numerous key players, including Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, because of injuries and that is forcing players such as Sheahan to go from prospects to NHL players. Sheahan, who played only once in the league in each of the previous two years, said playing 26 games for the Red Wings has made him more comfortable. "Every day is a little step further," he said. "The guys have been awesome. Its a fun atmosphere and a great team to play for." Edmontons franchise is far from the greatness it enjoyed decades ago and is close to being eliminated from the playoff race for the eighth straight season. Oilers coach Dallas Eakins, though, has been pleased with how much effort his players appear to be giving despite their place in the standings. "What weve been preaching to them and they understand, down the stretch are the building blocks for training camp," Eakins said. "We dont want to go into full-teaching mode when we hit training camp. We want to hit the ground running and have a foundation on how were going to play. On a lot of nights, were starting to see how we want to play. "We still have such a long way to go to get up to be able to play with the top teams on a nightly basis, but were taking the necessary steps." The last time the Oilers were in the playoffs they beat Detroit in the first round and went on to lose to Carolina in Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup finals. With much less at stake, the Oilers went into the third period with a shot to win at Joe Louis Arena for the first time since 2009. Detroits young lineup didnt generate many scoring chances against Viktor Fasth, who made 22 saves. He was acquired from Anaheim earlier this month for draft picks and won his Oilers debut against Minnesota on Tuesday in a shootout. Each team had only one shot in the opening five minutes of the lacklustre game, which had many more sloppy moments than spectacular stretches. "I didnt think either team was real smooth," Babcock said. "It was kind of a grind." Detroit was up 1-0 after two periods and probably didnt feel comfortable after losing one-third of their previous 27 games when entering the third with the lead. The Red Wings allowed the Oilers to pull into a tie because Smith failed to clear the puck out of their end or at least pass it to a teammate, and Smyth took advantage. "If (Smith) puts it on the guys tape on our team and you skate out through the middle, I like it," Babcock said. "When you turn it over, it doesnt look very good." NOTES: Babcock said he hopes F Darren Helm, who has been out with a concussion since March 4, will play Tuesday night at home against Toronto. ... The Red Wings had lost two straight. ... Edmonton has lost three of four. ... The Red Wings are 13-0-1 in their last 14 against the Oilers, who have lost eight straight in Detroit. Adidas NMD R1 Rabatt . Trailing by a goal after 20 minutes of play, Joe Pavelski responded with three goals and an assist as the Sharks snapped a two-game losing skid with a 5-2 victory over the struggling Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Adidas Continental 80 Sverige . I kept my eyes focused up on the camera during each approach. I just tried to stay focused on my form, as I didnt know what the ball reaction was. I was quite emotional at the end. I did not actually see any of the shots in the game until I got home and watched the video. http://www.nmdsverige.com/consortium-adidas-skor.html . A little more than one year after missing a last-second tip-in that would have given the Wolverines a share of the Big Ten regular-season title, the 6-foot-8 forward scored on a layup with 7.Robert Huth insists that Claudio Ranieri has changed since his time at Chelsea, and is more relaxed despite closing in on the Premier League title. The German defender worked with Ranieri at the beginning of his career, and has played a pivotal role in helping the Foxes sit on the verge of an incredible maiden top flight title in a second stint alongside the Italian boss.Leicester travel to Sunderland for the first installment of Super Sunday, knowing victory will open up a ten-point gap at the top of the table. Despite so much being at stake, Huth, in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News HQ, believes that Ranieri is taking it all in his stride, in contrast to his demeanour under the scrutiny of Roman Abramovich at Chelsea.He has changed quite a lot, in my opinion, Huth said. He is much more relaxed. Ive never seen him laugh so much.At Chelsea, with Abramovich coming in, with all the finances changing, the pressure went to focusing on winning titles immediately.Everything was a lot more intense, even him as a person. Here it is not the opposite, but it is relaxed. Maybe it is something he has learned through age. I was much more intense when I was younger. Huth and Wes Morgan have formed a formidable pairing Not even the most optimistic of Foxes fans could have foreseen the events that have unfolded at the King Power Stadium this season.Huth shares the sentiment, but is adamant the attitude of the players has remained the same since day one.Our daily routine is the same, our match-day routine is the same, and obviously people are getting more excited the closer we get to the finish line, Huth said. Adidas Falcon Dam Rea. From our point of view, we are as relaxed and as focused as we were against Sunderland on the first day of the season many, many months ago.We are not more nervous, or less nervous, we are the same flat line, doing our job. Claudio Ranieri is calmer these days, says Huth The aim at the start of the season was to stay up. The first meeting with the boss he made it clear that we need to be safe, whether that be 38 or 40 points. That was our focus from day one.There was no talk of the top ten, we just focused on staying up, and then we would go from there. We reached 40 points around Christmas, he added.After that, people would say that wed lose focus on what we do, and we did have a bit of a wobble around New Year, apart from that we have been just getting on with it, doing exactly what we have done from the first game of the season.We are going to fight for each other and give everything we have got. Get a Sky Sports Day Pass Dont miss Sunderland v Leicester. 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