Red wings vs Sabres live stream: Watch online free Tuesday 7:10 ET as a Detroit win would clinch a playoff berth for a franchise that is looking for its 23rd straight appearance, which is the longest active streak in North American sports.

The 37-27-14 Detroit Red Wings are holding onto the first wild card spot by one point over the Blue Jackets and four over the Devils and the Maple Leafs. After Tuesday's game vs the Sabres (21-48-9) in Buffalo, all four teams in the hunt will have three games to go. Watch the free live stream online to see if a team that has dealt with injuries to key players all season, can find a way back into the playoffs to keep this streak alive.

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Down 3-0 to the Canadiens on Saturday, Detroit was almost able to pull off its fifth straight win when it scored three straight goals in a span of 5:33 in the third period to tie the score at three before the Canadiens answered with two more in the next five minutes.

"We have to be better than we were tonight," coach Mike Babcock told ESPN.com. "We've been on a good run here where we play hard. I didn't think there was a problem with our energy or our commitment to working hard tonight. We didn't execute well enough with the puck."

Buffalo has lost seven of eight and has 13 players either out or nursing injuries, including its top-two goaltenders, and has dressed a franchise-record 44 different players according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"Is it bad luck? I'm not too sure. I don't believe in luck, but that's just one of those things," Sabres coach Ted Nolan said after practice Monday. "But we've got four games to go. Hopefully we can get through this unscathed and get a couple guys back."

The Red Wings will be going for the four-game season sweep over the Sabres with a victory.

Injury report, according to NHL.com:

"Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (finger surgery), and forwards Stephen Weiss (sports hernia surgery) and Henrik Zetterberg (back surgery), are on injured reserve. Forward Daniel Cleary (sprained knee) is out indefinitely. ... Sabres forward Zenon Konopka (back spasms) practiced Monday. Forward Chris Stewart (high ankle sprain) is questionable. Defenseman Christian Ehrhoff (lacerated right ear) and forward Torrey Mitchell (undisclosed) are game-time decisions. Forward Drew Stafford (undisclosed), defensemen Tyler Myers (upper body), Henrik Tallinder (lower body), Alexander Sulzer (upper body) and Chad Ruhwedel (concussion), and goalies Jhonas Enroth (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body) and Nathan Lieuwen (concussion) are out."