DETROIT — Filip Zadina was one of the last Red Wings off the ice Tuesday night. He stood toward the back of the line as the team headed for the locker room — “Don’t Stop Believing” blaring over the arena speakers — and got a stick pat on the back from Justin Abdelkader before starting down the hallway. He didn’t make it far, though, before an arena attendant pulled him off to the side. He would have to go back out there. That’s what happens when you’re selected as the first star of the game.



And that, of course, is what happens when you score a late game-winner in the NHL (Detroit beat Montreal, 4-3). It helps when it pushes a winning-starved team over an Original Six division rival. And it probably helps even more when that rival was one of the teams that passed you over in the draft.



“I think it was one of my best moments so far,” Zadina said. “Be drafted, and play here, score right now. So...