Todd McLellan said the Detroit Red Wings must play for the crest on their sweaters even as playoff hopes all but dimmed.

The Detroit Red Wings’ final four games will have no bearing on a playoff chase that all but ended Thursday with a 4-1 loss in Florida. But they won’t simply be going through the motions. The games will count for something.

The Detroit Red Wings have been eliminated from the playoffs for the ninth straight year. Here's what went wrong