5. Thursday December 10
Detroit Red Wings: 3 Montreal Canadiens: 2
The Red Wings were down 2-1 in the third period and had another come-from-behind victory with goals scored by Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm, 1:11 apart. The only thing better than beating an Original Six rival like the Montreal Canadiens, is doing it in comeback fashion.
Darren Helm scored his first of two goals in the second period off of a break through play beating Dustin Tokarski in classic Helm fashion. Helm’s second goal of the night would also prove to be the game-winning goal for the Red Wings after he took advantage of a Montreal turnover.
Canadiens Sven Andrighetto and Tomas Fleischmann scored the only two goals for Montreal that night.
Petr Mrazek made 23 saves in net that night. He also stopped Tomas Plekanec on two breakaways to secure the win for Detroit. The Red Wings were red-hot at this point in the season, going 8-0-4, earning points in their previous dozen games.
This win ended a 7 game losing streak to the Canadiens and closed the point gap between the two teams in their battle for positioning in the Atlantic Division.