DETROIT (AP) — Lucas Raymond and Marco Kasper scored, Cam Talbot stopped 21 shots and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Saturday night.
Detroit, clinging to flickering playoff hopes, won for just the fourth time in 15 games. The Red Wings are tied with the New York Islanders — three points behind the New York Rangers for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Montreal and Columbus are two points behind the Rangers.
The rebuilding Bruins, who traded captain Brad Marchand at the trade deadline, have lost eight straight for the first time since dropping 10 games in a row in 2010.
Morgan Geekie pulled Boston within a goal early in the second period on a power play and Jeremy Swayman finished with 20 saves. The Bruins pulled Swayman with 1:56 left to add an extra skater, but couldn't score again.
Both teams had players drop gloves in two different fights in the opening 2:01 before either team had a shot on goal.
Kasper scored on a wrist shot from the top of the left circle 5:37 into the game for the rookie's 15th goal.
Raymond's 26th goal in the opening minute of the second period put Detroit ahead 2-0. Shortly thereafter, Geekie redirected a pass from the front of the net for his 27th goal.
The Bruins are in danger of not making the playoffs for the first time since 2016, which was the last year Detroit was in the postseason.
Bruins: David Pastrank set up Geekie with a slick pass for his 51st assist and with 35 goals, he's among the NHL's top 10 in points.
Red Wings: Picking a bad time to have its worst month of the season, Detroit went 4-10 in March.
Talbot made a glove save with 9.3 seconds left, denying Casey Mittelstadt's shot to seal Detroit's victory.
Kasper's 30 points trail the production of just three Austrian players during their rookie seasons in the NHL.
Bruins host Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, and Red Wings play at St. Louis.
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Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) is congratulated at the bench after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne-Kamin-Oncea)
Detroit Red Wings center Marco Kasper skates with the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K. government said Tuesday.
The government signaled that President Donald Trump’s administration, which was consulted on the deal, has given its approval and no further action is needed from the U.S.
“We are working with the Mauritian government to finalize and sign the treaty,” said Tom Wells, a spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “Once signed it will be laid before both houses of Parliament for scrutiny and for ratification.”
Britain and Mauritius have been negotiating a deal for the U.K. to hand over the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia. The U.K. would then lease back the base for at least 99 years.
But the deal has faced criticism from the opposition Conservative Party and from some allies of Trump. Last year the now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it posed “a serious threat” to U.S. national security.
Trump indicated during a visit to Washington by Starmer in February that he would support the deal, saying: “I have a feeling it’s going to work out very well.”
Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.
In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base.
Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago and in recent years the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the Chagos to Mauritius.
Britain agreed to do so in a draft deal in October, but that has been delayed by a change of government in Mauritius and reported quarrels over how much the U.K. should pay for the lease of the Diego Garcia air base.
The Chagos islanders, many of whom relocated to Britain, say they were not consulted over the agreement. Under the draft deal, a resettlement fund would be created to help displaced islanders move back to the islands, apart from Diego Garcia. Details of any such measures remain unclear.
Two Chagossian women are seeking to take the U.K. government to court over the issue. Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice Pompe, both British citizens, fear it will become even harder to go back to live where they were born once Mauritius takes control of the islands.
FILE - This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)
