Red Wings-Canadiens quick take: Wings win in OT in front of a fine partisan crowd

The Detroit Red Wings played their third and final game of the season against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, hoping to snap an 0-and-2 losing streak against the Habs.

With most of Red Wings blog-dom in the crowd due to the Winged Wheel Podcast and Winging It in Motown meet-ups taking place, the Detroit Red Wings surrendered a 1-0 lead to the Canadiens, Dylan Larkin and Pius Suter scored goals under a minute apart to give the Wings a 2-1 lead, Montreal tied the game early in a 3rd period that the Habs dominated, but Alex Nedeljkovic was huge, and Dylan Larkin scored a gorgeous goal in overtime to deliver a 3-2 OVERTIME victory for the Red Wings.

The teams iced the following lineups:

Tonight’s lineup. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/bnSGGCDC9j— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 13, 2021

La formation de ce soir.

Tonight’s lineup.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/i2BqwKw32a— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 14, 2021

The starters and scratches were as follows:

In the 1st period…

The first period began with the Rasmussen line starting opposite Dvorak, Anderson and Gallagher, who gave the Red Wings fits when the teams met in Montreal on November 2nd.

Rasmussen drew in for the opening faceoff opposite Dvorak, the Habs won the draw back to their defense, and they chipped and chased, with Anderson crashing into Staal, and Seider sending the puck up to center ice;

Petry and his defensive partner chipped the puck up to Gallagher, the Habs rimmed the puck around the boards, and DeKeyser fed the puck up to Namestnikov mid-change some 39 seconds into the 1st period, missing Namestnikov and causing an icing.

Rasmussen, Namestnikov, Fabbri, DeKeyser and Seider drew in, dumped the puck down the ice, and iced it again with 47 seconds gone in the 1st;

Montreal won the next deep zone faceoff, but Seider rimmed it around the side boards, gave and went with DeKeyser, and Suzuki raced back into the Wings’ zone and fired a shot in on Nedeljkovic 1:11 into the game.

Detroit drew in again defensively, both forwards were tossed from the dot, and Armia won the draw from Bertuzzi, Nedeljkovic had to make a GREAT stop on Armia off a drop pass, and Detroit pushed out to center 3 on 2.

Larkin sent a shot off Allen, and Bertuzzi was tripped away from the play, yielding a penalty to Chiarot at 1:37 for interference.

Detroit won the initial faceoff, cycled the puck to the point, and Filip Hronek chipped the puck into Allen, who held on;

Suter, Fabbri, Gagner, Hronek and Leddy were unable to keep the puck in;

The Wings re-set, cycled and worked the perimeter, with Hronek shot-passing to no one;

Detroit regrouped again with 1:04 left in the PP; Leddy carried the puck up ice himself, dropped the puck to Zadina, he fed Raymond, and Bertuzzi’s blind pass went to Leddy, Raymond got a shot off on Allen, and Leddy, out very long, surrendered possession to the Canadiens.

With 21 seconds left on the PP, Raymond brought the puck in offside, and Detroit at least was able to get a blueline faceoff–albeit on their own blueline due to the intentional offside.

Seider lugged the puck up ice off the lost faceoff, and the puck was tipped out of play, giving Detroit 6 seconds left in the PP with 16:29 left in the 1st.

Detroit swapped out its PP unit for a regular-ice Rasmussen line, and the Wings won the final PP draw, chipped and chased, and Montreal’s Chiarot headed to the bench as Seider, DeKeyser and Rasmussen worked the puck deep, jabbed and jammed it out of the end boards, and attempted to sustain a cycle.

The Habs took over, and with 4:15 gone, David Savard dropped the puck to Toffoli for a hard shot that was tipped out of play.

Mitchell Stephens’ line took its first shift at 4:20 of the 1st, and Lindstrom and Staal got tied up, but were able to clear the zone;

Montreal regrouped at center, Pezzetta fed Poehling, and he fired a shot over Nedeljkovic’s blocker to make it 1-0 early.

Pezzetta met la table pour Poehling et obtient son premier point dans la LNH!

Pezzetta sets up Poehling and earns his first NHL point!#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/LFOUpIkxVV— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 14, 2021

Perfect aim for Ryan Poehling ? #NHLonSN pic.twitter.com/nXK538GZLC— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 14, 2021

Poehling used Staal’s legs as a screen and scored the Habs’ first goal from Pezzetta and Wideman at 4:39 of the 1st. 1-0 Montreal.

Zadina raced up in alone off the post-goal shift faceoff, and he fired a shot right into Allen, off a wonderful pass from Suter;

Leddy blasted a puck wide as the Wings buzzed in the Habs’ zone with 5:30 gone in the 2nd;

Detroit recoiled and regrouped at center, Larkin’s line took to the ice, and Montreal chugged up the gut, 3 on 3, Hronek blocked off a Hab, but Nedeljkovic had to make a fine stop on Armia.

As both teams settled in, Montreal looked to have the advantage in terms of momentum and aggressive skating.

Detroit looked frustrated and flustered, but also indecisive with the puck, and the Wings were all too content to play a perimeter game. They didn’t want to attack the net or play north-south hockey.

So Namestnikov and Erne and Rasmussen cycled around the perimeter, and Montreal iced the puck after Namestnikov hit Erne shooting at the net.

Larkin, Bertuzzi and Raymond won the puck to Seider, and he fired a hard shot right into Allen’s glove sans screen, and the first TV timeout hit.

At the first TV timeout at 6:04, the shots were 4-3 Detroit, but the attempts were 10-4, and the Wings were attacking the Canadiens fairly well.

When play resumed after the TV timeout, Montreal won the next tdeep offensive zone faceoff, Larkin performed calisthenics to avoid getting a penalty on Josh Anderson, and Montreal looked primed to snap their 0-and-3 streak after victories.

Nedeljkovic stopped a Belzile shot, Montreal cycled back into their own zone, and mucked the puck out to center ice, letting their lines change before pushing into Detroit’s zone some 7:22 into the 1st;

Suter, Gagner and Zadina were heavily checked, and Gagner was held, sans call;

Montreal was possessing the puck and dominating possession and control early.

The ever-dangerous Nick Suzuki was stifled by DeKeyser and Fabbri, but the Habs’ Hoffman took the puck back, and Montreal chipped and changed;

8:30 into the 1st, DeKeyser walked out, fed Hronek and the Wings chipped and chased themselves, with Rasmussen centering the puck to no one;

Hronek reversed flow to Erne, and he missed the pass to back-door the puck;

Rasmussen regained the puck at center and chipped it in, but the Habs stole control and dumped and charged into the Wings’ zone, cycling with Gallagher feeding Anderson for a good chance;

Larkin, Raymond and Bertuzzi really struggled in all three zones, with Bertuzzi taking over walking in 1-on-3 almost 11 minutes into the 1st, and Larkin took a drop pass and fired a heavy shot wide of Allen;

Nedeljkovic had to stop Pezzeetta on a BREAKAWAY thereafter, and the Larkin line looked vulnerable defensively as the Habs cycled and spun through Detroit’s defensive zone;

And Gagner was hit by DeKeyser’s slap shot with the Wings trying to forecheck by shooting (a good thing), so Rowney, Stephens and Gagner worked the puck back to DeKeyser, and his long bomb was blocked;

Suter chased the puck into the Habs’ zone, and forechecked as Montreal was unable to skate past center ice, but Robby Fabbri was tripped up by 2 Habs as he tried to break in alone.

Sans call.

Fabbri and Suter got GREAT CHANCES on the rebound, however, generating two scoring chances as the Canadiens got into a scramble defensively, and Allen gobbled up the rebound of Suter’s shot.

The Wings actually trailed in shots 7-6, but the attempts were 16-10 Detroit.

When play resumed after the TV timeout, with 7:10 remaining, Detroit was still “poking and hoping” far too regularly, so Gallagher and Dvorak cycled deep and jabbed a puck in on Nedeljkovic;

At the other end of the ice, Raymond hopped over the boards early, and Seider set up in his zone, laterally passed to Larkin, who tried to break through but was stood up, and Raymond and Bertuzzi chased the Habs all the way down into the Wings’ defensive zone before the Red Wings regained control of the puck.

Seider set up for the next line, was tripped at center, and Larkin chipped the puck in deep on the left wing, but the Habs forced Detroit to pinch, Staal was hooked…

And on the delayed penalty, Detroit did very little with the puck, but Staal did draw a penalty with 14:52 gone in the 1st. Michael Pezzetta got called for the hook.

On the power play, Larkin, Raymond, Bertuzzi, Hronek and Zadina drew in for the deep offensive zone draw…

But the Canadiens won the draw and chipped it down ice.

So Nedeljkovic helped set up Raymond, he pushed the puck to Seider, he fed Zadina, down low, Bertuzzi struggled with the puck, as did Larkin, and Seider held the blueline;

Zadina and Larkin fed Raymond, Bertuzzi had an empty net and fed it wide, Raymond regained, to Seider to Zadina it went, and Allen gobbled up a puck that he saw all the way.

Detroit lost the next draw, and Leddy, Fabbri, Hronek, Suter and Gagner had to re-set, Fabbri skated in deep and was tripped up, sans call again, and the Habs cleared the puck;

With 20 seconds left no the PP, Hronek set up in the offensive zone, gave up a shot, as Mickey Redmond said, and the Canadiens cleared the puck to center, Detroit tried to regroup, but could not, and that was the power play.

With 2:50 remaining in the 1st, Lindstrom and Staal worked the puck out to center, the Rasmussen line at least worked the puck to the offensive zone blueline, but they were stopped there, and Nedeljkovic may have been the best puck-mover on the Wings at the 17:55 mark.

DeKeyser did get a long shot in on Allen that was tipped wide;

DeKeyser and Seider battled the puck to Stephens, but Detroit was called for a penalty…

And both Moritz Seider and Michael Pezzetta were called for roughing with 1:49 left in the 1st period.

4 on 4, Raymond, Larkin, Hronek and Leddy worked together, slowly pushing the puck up ice, and Raymond cycled with Larkin, the Habs hacked and whacked their way into possession, and Petry almost got in alone;

Instead, Larkin raced away from Petry, and PETRY SHOVED LARKIN INTO ALLEN, WHO WAS HIT HARD BY LARKIN.

Dylan Larkin was hit into the goalpost and Jake Allen head-first, and Piet Van Zant had to come out to attend to the Red Wings’ captain.

Block or charge? pic.twitter.com/T7U6uSNdcu— The Hockey News (@TheHockeyNews) November 14, 2021

This is not a play that #RedWings fans ever want to see, #RedWings captain Dylan Larkin getting pushed into #Canadiens goaltender Jake Allen. Hopefully both players are all right. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/Dm9GRYwW95— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

Dangerous stuff in the Canadiens / Red Wings game: Dylan Larkin got slammed into Jake Allen

Video: @BallySportsDET pic.twitter.com/6fyrFUdT3U— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 14, 2021

Larkin checked his teeth on the bench and no penalty was called on the Canadiens…

But Detroit was called instead, with Bertuzzi hacking David Savard with 47.1 left in the 1st period. Montreal got a 4-on-3 PP.

On the 4 on 3 PK, the Canadiens had to pull Jake Allen for concussion protocol, so Sam Montembeault was brought in;

The Canadiens cycled well on their PP, with Toffoli, Hoffman, and Wideman cycling, and Hoffman HIT THE GOALPOST…

Suzuki partially screened Nedeljkovic on the shot that hit the goalpost;

And with 4.7 left on the 1st, Detroit won the defensive zone faceoff to end the 1st period.

Need to get the offense going in the 2nd. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/KEeSlqkXYz— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

Wings-Habs 1st period stats. Montreal leads 1-0. pic.twitter.com/BtpPDpeBWK— George Malik (@georgemalik) November 14, 2021

After 20.#LGRW pic.twitter.com/ArxzKZcaMm— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

In the 2nd period…

The 2nd period began with the Canadiens on the power play and with Samuel Montembeault in goal for the Canadiens.

On the 4 on 3 PK, Montreal won the initial draw, and Montreal skated in deep but rimmed the puck around the boards, and Detroit cleared the zone.

For some reason, Montreal went offside but was given a deep offensive zone draw, and Nedeljkovic had to help Seider, DeKeyser, Gagner and Stephens kill the penalty, with Gagner blocking a Chris Wideman shot into the crowd.

Staal, Lindstrom, Rasmussen and Namestnikov took the next deep defensive zone draw, and Namestnikov could not clear it, so Nedeljkovic had to make a big stop on Toffoli with 1 minute gone in the 2nd period.

The Red Wings killed the penalty, but Bertuzzi needed help to clear the zone, with Nedeljkovic making a HUGE STOP on a tipped shot before Detroit could chip and change almost 1:55 into the 2nd.

Raymond chugged up the gut himself and fired a shot that was tipped wide, and he sent the rebound back out front, but no Red Wing was there;

Hronek, Leddy, Bertuzzi and Larkin took the puck up ice, Larkin got a drop pass from Hronek…AND DYLAN LARKIN TIED THE GAME WITH A GOAL FROM THE GOAL LINE.

What an ANGLE?!

Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin scored from the goal line ?

Video: @BallySportsDET pic.twitter.com/KNq5Nqx0LD— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 14, 2021

?#LGRW pic.twitter.com/OY3dhATPWf— SiriusXM NHL Network Radio (@SiriusXMNHL) November 14, 2021

Holy snipe, @Dylanlarkin39! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/NujowOOow8— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

? pic.twitter.com/j2Gk13vmzh— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

Dylan Larkin flipped the puck off Samuel Montembeault’s shoulder and into the net to tie the game 1-1 at 2:36 from Filip Hronek and Tyler Bertuzzi. 1-1.

Detroit then lost the faceoff at center ice on the post-goal shift, Montreal chipped and chased, DeKeyser and Seider set up the puck and slid it out to center ice, and Montreal regained control, chipped and changed…

Seider walked up ice himself, feeding Fabbri, Fabbri turned and fired a pass from the right wing half boards, and Zadina couldn’t corral it, but Pius Suter could, and he roofed a puck through Montembeault to make it 2-1.

Pius with a quick strike! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/M8eBf751Ps— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

Suter scored at 3:21 from Fabbri and Seider to make it 2-1.

The Habs did chip a shot in on Nedeljkovic off the post-goal shift faceoff, but the Wings won the next draw, and cleared the zone…

And Mitchell Stephens lost an edge forechecking in the Habs’ zone, and he hit the boards left-ankle first, sitting on the bench in pain after he got up very slowly.

Play continued with 4:02 gone in the 2nd, and Detroit chipped and chased as the teams settled into the rhythm of the period;

Namestnikov broke in 3-on-2 with Rasmussen and Erne, but Detroit fumbled the puck, and instead, Nedeljkovic had to make a big block;

Rasmussen, Erne and Namestnikov had another good rush, but Rasmussen was hooked…

But, instead Nick Leddy headed to the penalty box for a hook on Artturri Lehkonen at 5:03.

Detroit won the deep defensive zone draw on the penalty kill…

And Suter and Bertuzzi generated a scoring chance at one end of the ice;

Montreal gained possession and control 40 seconds into the PP, and Petry, Hoffman and Suzuki set up Gallagher for a shot that was blocked by Bertuzzi;

The Habs worked the perimeter and Nedeljkovic had to make a big stop on a Hoffman with Gallagher’s butt in his face;

Nedeljkovic then made a HUGE STOP on Tyler Toffoli off a scrambled faceoff as the Habs announced the following:

Jake Allen ne sera pas de retour ce soir.

Jake Allen will not return tonight.— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 14, 2021

Montreal had to regroup in its defensive zone some 1:30 into their power play, and Nedeljkovic chipped the puck all the way down the ice himself as the Canadiens struggled to gain possession and control in the offensive zone.

As the power play expired, Leddy chugged up and Chiarot shoved Leddy in the face.

No call.

Detroit regrouped, Suter skated in with Zadina, and Montembeault made a beautiful stop on Pius….

8 minutes into the 2nd period, Detroit had its mojo back, and Filip Zadina and Robby Fabbri both NEARLY SCORED on the Canadiens’ goaltender off feeds from Filip Hronek;

When play resumed after the TV timeout, Larkin almost scored again, but the puck rolled off his stick in the offensive zone;

Montreal and Detroit traded chances for a bit with 9:20 gone in the 2nd, and Montreal set up, chipped and chased, and Gustav Lindstrom made a nice clearing attempt, but Larkin was tripped up by Pezzetta.

There was no call on the play.

So the 10-minute mark of the 2nd period passed, and Erne charged in, wrapped around the goal, was hit by Savard, and Rasmussen battled down low, got the puck back to Erne, and the pair played catch, with Namestnikov feeding Seider…

Seider was tied up by Belzile, and Seider had to drop his stick to not get a penalty;

Montembeault stopped DeKeyser, and he worked with Seider, then Zadina, to cycle the puck, and Seider got a fine shot off Montembeault with 9 minutes remaining in the 2nd;

Then a good Zadina check prevented a turnaround shot by Gallagher;

Armia then fired a shot in on Nedeljkovic with 8:04 remaining / 11:56 gone, and that triggered another TV timeout.

When play resumed, Detroit pushed into the Habs’ zone 3 on 2, but Erne could not bury a Rasmussen pass;

Seider and Hoffman then jabbed–literally, with Hoffman spearing Seider in the back–and the two had a chat before breaking up;

Play continued, and Larkin, Bertuzzi and Raymond tried to set up an offensive zone cycle, but Chiarot stood them up;

Bertuzzi then skated in and was stifled by Montembeault on a breakaway;

Leddy tried to facilitate another breakaway, but his pass was stopped at center ice;

But Gustav Lindstrom was called for interference at 13:47 on a night when little to nothing was illegal.

So Montreal headed to the power play, and Detroit to the PK. Rasmussen, Namestnikov, Hronek and DeKeyser started the PK.

Gallagher blocked his own teammate’s shot;

Wideman worked with Hoffman on the cycle, Suzuki was stopped by Nedeljkovic, the Habs held the zone, cycled, and Wideman was blockered off by Nedeljkovic.

Suzuki, Wideman and Hoffman played catch, Suzuki walked in, and was stifled as he went for Toffoli;

The Habs worked the puck down low, Nedeljkovic stopped the puck once, Wideman was stopped twice, and Hronek chipped the puck all the way down the ice.

With 40 seconds left in the PK, Petry and company set up, skated up ice, and chipped and chased;

Seider hit his Hab heavily, and Gagner worked the puck deep, taking a hit 200 feet from his net;

That more or less killed the penalty as the Habs were called for a delayed offside, and Seider skated in himself and fired a heavy shot high and wide.

Filip Hronek then made a FANTASTIC BACKCHECK with Larkin’s help to stifle and Anderson/Lehkonen breakaway.

On the next rush, Armia fired a slinky shot into Nedeljkovic, and he had to squeeze himself shut.

When play resumed after the TV timeout, Fabbri battled a faceoff out of trouble, and Carter Rowney, working with Fabbri and Zadina, were unable to generate a scoring chance, but the trio pushed the Habs away from the Wings’ net, and Staal and Lindstrom helped the Wings push the puck very deep into the Canadiens’ zone.

Montreal then had a FANTASTIC rush in which Nedeljkovic stopped a Habs forward and the puck ended up ON TOP OF THE NET….

And the Wings announced the following:

UPDATE: Mitchell Stephens (lower body) will not return tonight.— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

Deroit continued to cycle as best they could in the Habs’ zone, and Montembeault made a great glove stop on a Rasmussen chance from the bottom of the faceoff circle;

Bertuzzi, Larkin and Raymond took the Wings’ next dump pass into the offensive zone and regrouped at center, Bertuzzi pushed the puck back to Leddy, and the Wings rimmed the puck around the offensive zone boards before the Canadiens cleared the zone;

Hronek fed Raymond, he and Larkin were cut off at center, and Leddy blasted the puck in with Detroit changing;

Staal and Lindstrom worked the blueline, Raymond was hacked down as Detroit’s forwards changed and Lindstrom fed Suter for a chip and chase.

Lindstrom held the puck in, Fabbri and Suter tried to feed the puck in the slot, Lindstrom made another GREAT keep-in, Staal fed Zadina, and he FIRED THE PUCK WIDE ALONE IN THE SLOT.

Fabbri nearly scored, too, and that was 2 periods.

Gotta carry that momentum into the 3rd! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/0IVdbEjVT6— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

Wings-Habs stats after 2 periods of play. Detroit up 2-1. pic.twitter.com/b5MZsSM7C5— George Malik (@georgemalik) November 14, 2021

Finish strong! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/wre0o5gDe6— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

In the 3rd period…

The 3rd period began with both teams at even strength.

Rasmussen, Namestnikov and Erne started the period, lost the initial draw, but chipped the puck in just wide of Montembeault, who fumbled the puck.

Detroit forced Montreal to clear the puck down ice for an icing call, and, on the offensive zone faceoff, Rasmussen won the draw, Detroit chipped deep, and Namestnikov and Rasmussen could not keep the puck deep, but Namestnikov sticked a GORGEOUS backhand off a skate, Erne was stopped by Montembeault, and Seider held the puck in deep, DeKeyser rimmed the puck back around…

But DeKeyser was hurried, Anderson skated in, and Nedeljkovic stopped his near-breakaway 2-on-1 vs. Seider.

1:12 into the 3rd, Detroit changed lines, with Hronek and Leddy icing the puck, and Larkin won the deep defensive zone draw, but Montreal clogged up the neutral zone, set up deep, and Nedeljkovic blocked the Canadiens off.

At the other end of the ice, Raymond had a shot blocked off;

Bertuzzi and Larkin helped Staal and Lindstrom push the puck up ice, Bertuzzi was stopped by Montembeault, and Montreal broke away again…

And LEHKONEN smacked Fabbri in the face, Lehkonen dove to the ice, swept it to the front of the net, and Chris WIdeman chipped the puck over Nedeljkovic to tie the game at 2.

Lehky a des yeux derrière la tête.

Lehky has eyes behind his head.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/O2XDhhiCvq— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 14, 2021

2:33 into the 3rd, it was 2-2. Wideman scored from Lehkonen.

Lekhonen had to leave the ice after smacking his own head into the boards after whacking Fabbri sans call.

Play continued, and Rasmussen, Erne and Namestnikov won a deep zone draw into the Habs’ slot, Erne was blocked off by Petry, Toffoli cleared the zone, and Detroit went offside.

Off the next faceoff, Bertuzzi held the offensive zone blueline, but the Habs chipped the puck out of trouble, and Armia nearly broke in alone;

Detroit chipped the puck out to center, and some 4:30 into the 3rd, Montreal took over, Seider regained the puck, skated deep, passed back to Erne, and Bertuzzi ALMOST scored…

Erne, Zadina and Suter played a shift together as a makeshift line, and Erne RACED IN but was stifled by Montembeault.

“Erne looked a little like Bert there.” We see what you did there, Ken Daniels. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/kfImvbBPeL— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

As play continued, Detroit and Montreal were battling for control of the puck, and the Canadiens got their fair share of chances opposite Nedeljkovic, who made a big stop.

Fabbri was also not on the Wings’ bench after Lehkonen elbowed him in the face.

So Detroit was down to 10 forwards.

Erne, Namestnikov and Rasmussen worked together on the Wings’ second line, Nedeljkovic fumbled the puck behind his own zone, and Leddy and Hronek bailed Nedeljkovic’s ass out.

Evans, Armia and Kulak got a great cycle going in the Wings’ zone, with Poehling in front of the Wings’ goal, and Montreal’s Kulak deked in deep, and was stifled by Nedeljkovic;

Raymond, Larkin and Bertuzzi were feckless in their own zone and Lindstrom and Leddy had to bail them out, with Detroit taking an icing to relieve pressure from the Habs’ cycle.

With 12:12 left in the 3rd, Nedeljkovic WAS HELPED BY THE GOALPOST and then GALLAGHER FIRING THE PUCK WIDE WITH THE NET WIDE OPEN AND NEDELJKOVIC FLAT ON HIS BACK…

Somehow, the puck stayed out!

Gallagher then decided that he wanted to get in a fight, and he, Anderson and Dvorak jabbed and jibed with Bertuzzi, Larkin, Lindstrom and Leddy as the TV timeout hit.

When play resumed with 11:39 remaining, Seider helped the Zadina-Suter-Fabbri line clear the zone–Fabbri was back…

But the Canadiens were physically abusing Fabbri, and instead, Suzuki, Toffoli, Petry and the Habs got a good shot off on Nedeljkovic, who gloved the shot.

Off a deep defensive zone faceoff, Evans fed Kulak for a GREAT point shot that Nedeljkovic stopped, but the Habs continued to cycle, and Namestnikov, Erne and Rasmussen were stopped at the Habs’ blueline.

Both Lehkonen and Fabbri were back.

10 minutes into the 3rd period, tied at 2, the Habs chipped the puck out of play, but the ruling was that it was deflected, so Montreal got a TV timeout at 10:08.

When play resumed, Larkin, Bertuzzi and Raymond drew in for an offensive zone draw, lost it, and Montreal chipped and chased, battled the puck free, and Raymond had to lug the puck up ice for Larkin.

Larkin could not find the puck, so Chiarot and the Habs chipped and chased again, Nedeljkovic played the puck up for Hronek, for Raymond, and the Habs went offside with 9:09 remaining.

Suter, Fabbri and Zadina forced the Habs offside on their next draw, pushing the faceoff up to center ice, and Montreal won it and chipped the puck into the Wings’ zone.

Nedeljkovic chipped the puck down ice, Suter flipped the puck deeper, and Montreal battled it back out of their zone, Suter was interfered with, and Montreal chipped and changed;

12 minutes into the 3rd, Rowney and Gagner got a rare shift with Bertuzzi, and they surrendered a rush to Toffoli and Suzuki, who pushed the puck back to the blueline.

Nedeljkovic made a big stop, but Montreal regained possession, cycled, and Savard worked it down low, Kulak and Armia worked the puck deep as the Habs changed, and Nedeljkovic had to make a MASTERFUL STOP ON JAKE EVANS WITH 7:03 REMAINING.

Detroit won the next deep defensive zone draw, and Hronek got it out to center ice, where the Habs touched the puck with a high stick, and Montreal won the blueline draw, chipped, chased, and Detroit regained control.

Rasmussen, Erne and Namestnikov tried their best to cycle under heavy pressure, and instead, Leddy and Hronek worked the puck up ice and Namestnikov got a lone shot in as Detroit changed.

Jake Evans walked around Lindstrom, who forced Evans wide, and the puck was blocked by Bertuzzi into the crowd with 5:58 remaining.

A TV timeout hit, and at the TV timeout, Montreal was out-shooting Detroit 10-7 in the 3rd period.

Play resumed with the Red Wings deep in their own zone, winning a defensive zone draw, and Montreal rushed back in 2 on 1 after a TERRIBLE turnover by Bertuzzi, but Nedeljkovic made a masterful stop to bail out Bertuzzi.

Rowney, Suter, Fabbri, Leddy and Hronek did no better, surrendering another fine scoring chance to Montreal;

Rowney lost the next draw, Leddy and Hronek tried to battle the puck away from the Habs, Rowney came back to help, and Detroit was able to get to the blueline, but no further;

Instead, Anderson pumped the puck back to the point, and Nedeljkovic made his THIRD BIG SAVE of the last 2 minutes…

Toffoli, Suzuki and Hoffman started vs. Rasmussen, Erne and Namestnikov, and the Habs won teh draw, cycled down low, DeKeyser and Rasmussen could not clear, nor could Erne, but Namestnikov found Rasmussen 2 on 1 off a weird break…

And Rasmussen pumped the puck right into Montembeault.

4:34 remained in regulation.

Larkin, Bertuzzi and Raymond drew in in the offensive zone, with Staal and Lindstrom, and Evans won the Habs’ draw, Montreal chipped it away to center ice, chipped the puck deeper off a 1 on 1 battle, and Lindstrom coughed up the puck to Armia, but Raymond and Larkin pushed the puck into the Habs’ zone, Lindstrom worked it to Raymond….

Larkin cycled, and Armia stole the puck, worked it deep, and Montreal changed;

Staal dumped the puck to no one;

Montreal raced in 4-on-2, and Belzile had to be blocked off.

Rasmussen won the next draw, charged up into the Habs’ zone, and put the puck off the back of the net, but Montreal raced back into Detroit’s zone 4 on 3, Nedeljkovic made a big stop….

DeKeyser and Seider set up, Seider fed Zadina, who fumbled the puck, and Montreal took over with 2:45 remaining.

Leddy and Suter jabbed the puck out of trouble, Hronek coughed it up, and Montreal took over again.

Montreal started killing clock, knowing that a point was theirs if they forced overtime.

Chiarot sent a long point shot in on Nedeljkovic;

With 1:55 remaining, Hronek and Leddy let the Wings change, and Gagner and Rowney worked with Erne…

DeKeyser blasted a shot wide off a Hab stick, Erne fed Gagner, but the Habs came up 3 on 2, and Savard tipped a puck wide of Nedeljkovic;

Seider rushed up ice, and Montembeault held onto the puck with 1:08 remaining…

Bertuzzi, Larkin and Raymond started the deep offensive zone faceoff, Larkin was tripped sans call…

Montreal cleared the zone, but Raymond covered for Hronek, Leddy chipped, Larkin chased, and Montreal fed the puck down ice;

Leddy sent the puck up to Raymond with 30 left, and the Habs touched the puck with a high stick, so Detroit got a deep offensive zone faceoff, and changed.

Rasmussen, Erne and Namestnikov lost the deep draw, DeKeyser could not hold the puck in, and Seider and DeKeyser fed Rasmussen, Montembeault made the stop, and that was regulation.

TO OT WE WENT.

Saturday night’s all right for … bonus hockey! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/ggqVCZyBiF— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

Stats after 3 periods of play. pic.twitter.com/zQWIXpwA8i— George Malik (@georgemalik) November 14, 2021

IN OVERTIME:

Fabbri, Rasmussen and Leddy started overtime and the Red Wings won the draw, set up in their zone, and Rasmussen walked in deep, played a deke and dangle, and fumbled it in front of Montembeault;

Nedeljkovic played it to Rasmussen at center, Fabbri walked in 1 on 3, and Fabbri played the puck back and Hronek got in trouble.

Evans shot the puck in 2 on 1, and Nedeljkovic made a BIG STOP.

That could have won the game.

Rowney won the draw to Larkin, he raced up, fed Hronek, Rowney went off for Raymond, and Larkin was hacked to the ice…

So Montreal took over in its own zone, skated up ice, Dvorak peeled off in Detroit’s end, Hoffman fed Chiarot, he centered it, and Larkin charged up with Raymond, Raymond backhanded wide and LARKIN SCORED OFF MONTEMBEAULT’S BUTT TO WIN THE GAME 3-2!

#RedWings captain Dylan Larkin sends the fans home happy with the overtime winner, assisted by Lucas Raymond. The goal was Larkin’s second of the game and his 300th career point. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/0Ep0fdyNPO— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

#RedWings captain Dylan Larkin gets the overtime winner, which was also his 300th career point! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/7HluR2yLyT— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

#RedWings captain Dylan Larkin talks to Trevor Thompson after scoring the overtime winner, his second goal of the game and 300th career point, against the #Canadiens. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/xV6kRUe5mY— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) November 14, 2021

Dylan Larkin scored the game-winning OT goal at 1:41 from Lucas Raymond.

Winning numbers! #LGRW pic.twitter.com/uop2hq9VwX— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) November 14, 2021

Statistics: Here are the Game Summary and Event Summary: