Laine breaks tie in 3rd, Canadiens defeat Red Wings

Alexandre Provider performed 18:37 in his Canadiens debut, together with 3:10 on the penalty kill, in the future after being acquired from the Nashville Predators for Justin Barron.

“He was simply so good tonight,” stated Guhle, his defensive associate. “I didn’t know that a lot about him, however he’s a very good skater and he makes fast performs with the puck.

“Clearly, he has to get used to our system stuff, however it’s enjoyable to play with him.”

Montreal completed with two even-strength targets, one on the ability play and one shorthanded.

“We went 0-fer on the ability play, they scored a shortie and clearly, they obtained the power-play aim on the finish,” Lalonde stated. “That was an enormous a part of the sport – our incapacity to execute on particular groups.”

NOTES: Evans suffered a facial lower in a third-period collision with Kane, however returned to the sport while not having stitches. … With protection associate Simon Edvinsson out with an upper-body harm, Seider performed 27:17, together with 4:46 on the ability play and three:01 shorthanded. He was a plus-1 with two photographs.