The New York Liberty will honor one of their all-time greats and look to lock up a top-three seed in the playoffs on Wednesday night, when rookie star Breanna Stewart leads the Seattle Storm into Madison Square Garden.With a win over the Storm, the Liberty (20-9) can finish no worse than third in the league standings. New York is coming off a bounce-back win against the Phoenix Mercury after absorbing a disappointing 98-77 loss to the Indiana Fever on Sept. 1.Tina Charles scored 23 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and hit a career milestone in the Libertys 92-70 blowout of the Mercury on Saturday. Charles reached 4,000 career points in the win and drew emphatic praise from her coach.We talk about inside that shes the best post player in the world, men or women, Liberty coach Bill Laimbeer said after Saturdays win. Shes that consistent and that dominant. Theres more to her that were waiting to see.The Storm (12-17) also are coming off an impressive win, 91-82 over the Dream at Atlanta on Sunday. Sue Bird scored 23 points and Stewart had 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists, continuing her standout rookie campaign. The leading Rookie of the Year candidate leads the Storm in scoring (18.2 points per game), rebounds (9.3 per game) and blocks (57).Stewart will need to have another big game against the Liberty, who have won the last eight meetings with Seattle. The Storms last win over New York came in August 2012.Charles had 18 points in the Libertys 78-74 win over the Storm on July 6 in New York. The Liberty jumped out to an 18-point lead but had to hold off a late charge from Seattle to secure the victory.New York also won at Seattle this season, 86-78 on June 5.The Liberty will hold a retirement ceremony for veteran Swin Cash after Wednesdays game. Cash, who was named one of the WNBAs 20 greatest and most influential players, has won three league championships and two NCAA titles during her illustrious career, which will conclude at the end of the season. The ceremony will take place on the court after the game.Cash is averaging 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game this season. Nick Ritchie Jersey . After Mondays hard-fought loss, the wait seemed longer than usual. Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week. Jason Marshall Jersey .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. 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The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. DETROIT -- Dylan Larkin scored two goals to lead the Detroit Red Wings to their fifth consecutive win, a 4-2 decision over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist and Thomas Vanek scored for Detroit (5-2-0). Petr Mrazek made 28 saves for the Red Wings, whose last five-game winning streak was Jan. 13-27, 2015.Jordan Staal and Victor Rask scored for Carolina while Cam Ward stopped 21 shots.An apparent goal by the Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen with 3:03 left was waved off because he deflected a shot in with a high stick.Athanasiou gave Detroit a 4-2 lead with 2:56 left in the second period on a wrist shot from the right circle. It was Athanasious second goal of the season.That was after Carolina scored twice in the second to pull within a goal.Staal put the Hurricanes on the board 6:43 into the middle period when he capitalized on a 2-on-0 break after a turnover in his own zone by Detroits Frans Nielsen. Staal beat Mrazek high on the glove side for his third goal.Rask made it 3-2 with 6:48 left in the second period. His shot from low in the left circle went in off Mrazek for Rasks fourth goal. It came four seconds after Detroit defenseman Brendan Smith returned to the ice after a hoolding penalty.ddddddddddddanek opened the scoring 4:53 into the game when he put a one-time shot from the slot through Wards pads. It was Vaneks fourth goal.Larkins first goal of the season came on a breakaway with 8:09 left in the first period. After taking a backhand pass out of the Red Wings zone from left wing Henrik Zetterberg, Larkin made a move and put a backhand shot under the crossbar.Larkins second goal was 4:04 later when his attempted pass from along the goal line to Wards left deflected in off Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce, who was sliding in an attempt to block the pass.Game notes Detroit LW Justin Abdelkader missed his second game with a lower body injury. He is listed as day-to-day. . Carolina F Jeff Skinner did not play because of an undisclosed injury. . Hurricanes LW Andrej Nestrasil and RW Martin Frk were both waived by the Red Wings and played on the fourth line Tuesday night with C Jay McClement. . Carolina coach Bill Peters is a former assistant coach with the Red Wings.UP NEXT:Hurricanes: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday.Red Wings: At the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. ' ' '