In Detroit, Nick Suzuki was credited with the deciding goal in the skills competition on Tuesday as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Red Wings, 3-2.
Detroit’s Lucas Raymond forced extra time in the third period when he tied the game, 2-2.
Jake Allen made 41 saves in the Habs win.
Montreal improved to 6-6-1.
Detroit was scoreless in seven chances on the power play.
“When you have to kill that much time, your goalie is usually going to be your best penalty-killer, and Jake did that tonight,” Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. “He’s the one that has to clean up every mistake your killers make.”
The Canadiens’ Mike Hoffman hit for a double in the first period.
His first goal gave the Habs a 1-0 lead.
Austin Czarnik scored to tie the game, 1-1, for Detroit. The goal came four minutes minutes after Allen stopped Dylan Larkin on a penalty shot.
“We got looks on the power play and we built momentum,” said Larkin. “We kept them hemmed in their end and wore them out, so they kept taking penalties. You’d like to see one go in, but some nights it doesn’t go in.”
Detroit dropped to 7-3-3.
“We don’t know his exact status,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “We’ll know more tomorrow, but he’s not going to be on the ice for quite a while. As for the play, the right call was made. That’s the exact play we try to avoid, and that’s why — a player got seriously injured.”
Hoffman’s second goal restored the Montreal lead at 2-1, his second goal came with 16 seconds left in the opening frame.
“They had two chances in the first period and scored on both of them, and then I thought our skill players got tired in the second period,” Lalonde said. “Allen was remarkable, and it didn’t look like we’d get that second goal, but we did.”
Ville Husso made 31 saves in the Detroit loss.
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