March 12th, 2005
The
Montreal Canadiens (29-28-11) are on the road to visit the
Detroit Red Wings (42-21-6) at the Little Caesar's Place. Montreal is a dismal 1-6-0 against the Wings including a 4-2 loss the last time the teams met in Detroit.
Montreal go up 1-0 at 1:19 of the 1st period with LW
Emile Boudreau's 17th goal of the season.
Boudreau tips C
Dean Casey's shot with the 2nd assist going to RW
Joey Mariani. Montreal goes up 2-0 with LW
Randolph Lott's 6th goal of the year.
Lott finished off a scramble in front of the Red Wings net with assists going to RW
Joey Mariani and RD
Colton Knoll at 3:23. Montreal extends the lead to 3-0 at 5:57 with C
Dean Casey's 27th of the season.
Casey's shot from out side the right circle is assisted by LW
Emile Boudreau and C
Patrick Atkins. Former Hab RW
Petr Klusacek gets his 5th goal as a Red Wing at 10:26 to make it 3-1
. Klusacek's shot from the left circle beats G
Bill Wolfenbarger for his 10th goal of the year. The Red Wings make it 3-2 with LW
Paul Brown's 19th goal of the year.
Brown's shot from the right face off circle is just the Red Wings for shot on goal at 16:06. The final shots in the 1st period where 10-4 for Montreal.
The Red Wings complete the comeback with the 3-3 goal at 15:57 of the 2nd period. LW
Chad Deraspe gets his 20th goal of the year on a deflection. The shots after 2 periods are 19-14 for the Red Wings.
The Red Wings go up 4-3 on the PP with RW
Ken Patterson's 17th goal of the season.
Patterson beats G
Wolfenbarger on the breakaway at 8:29 of the 3rd. The Red Wings make it 5-3 with their 5th straight goal in the game at 12:16. RW
Ken Patterson gets his 18th goal from a shot in the slot. The game finishes with the final shots 33-25 for Detroit.
Detroit RW
Ken Patterson reached the 150th assist milestone during the game. Patterson now has 108 goals and 258 points in 329 NHL games.
Detroit 5
Montreal 3
Detroit RW
Ken Patterson was named the 1st star with his 2 goals and 1 assist. The 29 year old now has 18 goals and 48 points with 60 PIMs and a +21 rating in 65 games. Last season Patterson had 21 goals and 60 points in 68 games with the Red Wings and Bruins.