from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

During what’s been a struggle of a regular season, the Red Wings showed some character Sunday against the Capitals....

“We showed unreal work ethic and fight,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “There’s pushes back and forth. They’re a good hockey team. From the middle of the first period to the end of the second, we were excellent. They pushed hard in the third but we even had moments of good push back.

“You don’t want to give up the lead, obviously, but it’s something we’ll keep working on. You want to learn those lessons when you win.”

Blashill has stressed about the need for his team to embrace being a hard-working, grinding team and they largely were in these two strange road games.

“We have to be a work ethic team and we did a good job of that throughout the game,” said Blashill, who also liked the “character” and “mental toughness” the team showed. “We have to keep working here and getting better in areas and make sure we have to same work ethic every night.”

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Below, watch extended highlights from yesterday's win over the Capitals.