Laine’s power-play goal lifts Canadiens past Red Wings

Laine’s shot from the left facet broke defenseman Moritz Seider’s stick and bought previous goaltender Cam Talbot’s glove.

Jake Evans scored a short-handed objective and added an help in his three hundredth profession sport. Emil Heineman additionally had a objective and an help, whereas Arber Xhekaj scored his first objective of the season. Sam Montembeault made 25 saves.

Patrick Kane, Joe Veleno and Tyler Motte scored for Detroit, and Michael Rasmussen had two assists. Talbot stopped 29 photographs.

The groups will match up once more, this time in Montreal, on Saturday.

Canadiens: Laine scored three power-play targets towards Buffalo on Tuesday. He transformed once more on Montreal’s second energy play of the sport. All seven of his targets this season have come on energy performs.

Crimson Wings: Kane, an eight-time All-Star, is beginning to warmth up. He ended a 10-game objective drought towards Philadelphia on Wednesday and now has 5 targets in 27 video games this season.

Moments earlier than Evans’ short-handed objective within the first interval, Montembeault made an uncommon cease. Detroit’s Lucas Raymond chopped on the puck from behind the Canadiens’ objective. It rolled up the web and landed on the again of Montembeault’s neck. Defenseman Kaiden Guhle lined the puck along with his glove because the play was whistled useless.

Veleno has scored in two consecutive video games after getting held to 1 objective in his first 26 video games. Veleno, who signed a two-year contract extension in July, scored 12 targets final season.

The Canadiens and Crimson Wings full the home-and-home set in Montreal on Saturday.