from John Niyo of the Detroit News,

And so is this, perhaps. After enduring a winless March, Lyon seemed to find his groove again over the past week, allowing two goals or fewer in three of four starts while posting a .934 save percentage in that stretch.

“He looks a lot more comfortable in his game,” Lalonde said, pointing to Lyon’s puckhandling and rebound control, among other encouraging signs. “And you can see he just exudes some confidence. You can tell when a goalie is on his ‘A’ game, and he's been there.”

He certainly was in the 4-2 win over the Lightning, stopping 34 shots, including a handful of high-danger chances in a frantic third period. Lyon called it a “grind” afterward.

“But those are games that you’re proud of,” he added. “The ones that are hard but you find a way. And I felt like that was the name of our game. It wasn't easy, but we stuck to it.”...

“Right now, we're just desperate,” said Lyon, who signed a two-year, $1.8 million deal with Detroit in July and then didn't get into a game until mid-November, when starter Ville Husso went down with an injury. “And that's what it feels like for me. And it's a good feeling. It's fun. It's intoxicating. There's a level of stress to it that isn't there at all points of the year. But you have to enjoy it and be excited for it. Because if you're scared of it, it's a problem.”

The Wings have their share of problems, no doubt. And you can add another injury to the list, as winger Michael Rasmussen likely will miss the next two games, according to Lalonde. But at the start of the season, nobody expected this team to be a shoo-in for the playoffs. And now that the calendar has flipped to April, here they are, with a chance to show everyone what they’re about.

“It's gonna be hard,” Lyon said. “And it's going to be nerve-racking. And it's gonna be ugly sometimes. But as long as you just keep trying, good things are gonna happen. That's the mindset that we have.”

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