With three games remaining in the regular season, there is still an opportunity for the Pistons to improve their position in the Eastern Conference standings as they aim to catch the Milwaukee Bucks.

However, should the Pistons stay as the No. 6 seed, would the New York Knicks give Detroit the best chance at a first-round upset? 

Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 4-1 loss in Montreal which all but eliminates them from the playoffs for the ninth straight year and Panthers analyst Bill Lindsay is the interview guest on this episode of the OctoPulse podcast.

Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' slim playoff chances after a 2-1 OT loss in St. Louis and ESPN reporter Emily Kaplan is the interview guest on this episode of the OctoPulse podcast.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 5-2 loss in Denver on Tuesday and Ottawa Sun reporter Bruce Garrioch is the interview guest.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' slim playoff chances with 14 games left in the season and David Legwand is the interview guest.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Joe Veleno trade with the Blackhawks and PWHL defenseman Mellissa Channell-Watkins is the interview guest.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Joe Veleno trade with the Blackhawks and PWHL defenseman Mellissa Channell-Watkins is the interview guest.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 5-3 loss against the Blue Jackets in the Stadium Series on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about Saturday's outdoor game in Columbus, the Ville Husso trade to Anaheim and Ducks analyst Brian Hayward is the interview guest.

On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about the team's four-game sweep on the western road trip and Sportsnet draft analyst Jason Bukala is the interview guest.

Before Christmas, the odds of the Red Wings making the playoffs were less than one percent under coach Derek Lalonde.

After Christmas, under new coaches Todd McLellan and Trent Yawney, Detroit has gone 15-4-1 and the odds, according to moneypuck.com/predictions, are 50-50 of ending the franchise's eight-year playoff drought.

"As we sit here doing this podcast, I would be a little surprised at this point if they didn't make the playoffs," Kulfan said. "This has been about as good as they've played in years, quite honestly. The one thing which really stood out during this four-game road trip, you kind of expected them to win during points in these games."