In Montreal, the Red Wings’ Robby Fabbri scored midway through the extra session on Thursday to give Detroit a 4-3 win over the Canadiens.
“I think we were the better team over 60 minutes, or 65,” said Detroit defenseman Moritz Seider. “The only chances they got were mistakes from us. I think we put our game in their face pretty hard, and we deserved to win tonight.”
Ville Husso made 20 saves in the Detroit win.
“We’re 3-1-1 in our last five [games], so a really good segment of 7 of 10 points and we keep climbing,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “The guys wanted to play important games late in the season, here we are before the All-Star break right in the middle of a bunch of teams, and a team we’re chasing in New York tomorrow.”
The Red Wings improved to 21-18-8.
Detroit took a 1-0 lead with four minutes gone in the first period on a goal from Michael Rasmussen .
Montreal’s Michael Pezzetta tied it in the first period, 1-1.
Rafael Harvey-Pinard hit for a double for the Habs.
“Of course you want to win at the end of the game, but when I think about our line, I think we had a great forecheck tonight,” Harvey-Pinard said. “We were on the puck, a lot of shots on net too, so I think we did a good job tonight.”
The Canadiens dropped to 20-25-4.
Detroit’s Jonatan Berggren and Harvey-Pinard exchanged goals in the middle frame for a 2-2 tie.
The Red Wings reclaimed the lead, 3-2, on a marker from Oskar Sundqvist, but Harvey-Pinard knotted it, 3-3,late in the second period.
“I think we’ve got to find a way to stop putting ourselves in holes like that and always having to come from behind,” Dach said. “But at the same time, it’s nice to see a lot of character and a lot of resiliency in this group to keep fighting to the end.”
Jake Allen made 38 saves in the loss.
“He made a lot of 10-bell saves off bouncing pucks and stuff that kind of just squirted backdoor, and he seems to always be there,” Montreal forward Kirby Dach said. “So, it’s impressive for him to kind of come off an injury and put up the performance tonight, and he definitely gave us a chance to win.”
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