Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings in shootout, 3-2, on Tuesday

From left, Montreal Canadiens middle Christian Dvorak and defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic attempt to beat Purple Wings middle Michael Rasmussen to the puck within the third interval Tuesday in Detroit. (AP picture)

DETROIT (AP) — Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki scored within the shootout and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Purple Wings 3-2 on Tuesday night time.

David Perron was the one Purple Wings participant to attain in the course of the shootout. Detroit captain Dylan Larkin shot huge on the third try to offer Montreal the victory.

Throughout regulation time, Larkin additionally did not convert on a first-period penalty shot.

The win was Montreal’s first at Detroit since Feb. 26, 2019, ending a four-game skid.

Montreal’s Mike Hoffman scored two first-period targets on related performs. He gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead at 5:41, driving the rebound of Brendan Gallagher’s shot previous Detroit netminder Ville Husso.

Purple Wings goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic blocks a Tampa Bay Lightning shot within the third interval on March 26 in Detroit. (AP file picture)

Hoffman’s second purpose got here with 15.2 seconds left within the opening interval. Once more, Husso obtained his left pad on a shot by Gallagher, solely to have a wide-open Hoffman hearth the rebound into the Detroit internet.

Austin Czarnik obtained Detroit’s first purpose. He transformed Dominik Kubalik’s cross from the slot at 16:29 of the primary interval. It was Czarnik’s first NHL purpose since Jan. 21, 2022, when he was taking part in for the New York Islanders.

Purple Wings ahead Lucas Raymond made it 2-all on the 10:36 mark of the third interval. Taking a feed from Pius Suter, Raymond whipped a low shot previous Montreal goalie Jake Allen. It was Raymond’s fifth purpose in six video games.

“When he has an edge to his sport, he’s profitable battles, he’s getting arduous targets together with some expert targets,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde stated. “He’s been actually good of late and we’ve wanted him.”

Late within the third interval, Montreal efficiently killed off a boarding main assessed to Juraj Slafkovsky. The primary participant chosen within the 2022 NHL entry draft, Slafkovsky was assessed a significant and sport misconduct for driving Detroit ahead Matt Luff head-first into the boards with a examine from behind. Luff didn’t return to the sport.

“The fitting name was made,” Lalonde stated. “It’s the precise hit you need to attempt to keep away from, due to precisely what occurred. A participant obtained significantly injured.”

The Purple Wings had been 0 for 7 on the ability play.

Allen made 41 saves, together with the first-period penalty-shot cease on Larkin. Larkin was awarded the free shot after he was slashed by Montreal ahead Kirby Dach whereas on a breakaway.

“It’s robust to guage that first look,” Lalonde stated of Larkin’s miss.

“He was gassed and he made a drained play on the penalty shot.”

Husso stopped 31 pictures for Detroit. He noticed his private three-game profitable streak come to an finish.

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TRAINER’S ROOM

Detroit is anticipating ahead Oskar Sundqvist (higher physique) to be again for Thursday’s sport towards the New York Rangers. He’s missed the final seven video games. Ahead Tyler Bertuzzi (higher physique) and defenseman Jake Walman (shoulder surgical procedure) are scheduled to return throughout subsequent week’s West Coast street journey.

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