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Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens Recap - Red Wings Win 4-3

The Red Wings earned a 4-3 victory over the Canadiens on Thursday at Bell Centre.

The Red Wings were a -154 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Detroit got goals from Michael Rasmussen, Oskar Sundqvist, Robby Fabbri, and Jonatan Berggren in the victory. Rasmussen opened the scoring at 3:54 of the first period.

Ville Husso turned in a 20-save effort for the Red Wings.

Montreal got goals from Rafael Harvey-Pinard(2), and Michael Pezzetta in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Montreal got a 38-stop effort from Jake Allen in the loss.

Detroit scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Detroit by a margin of 42-23.

Detroit heads into a battle against the Islanders. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Ottawa.