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Laine scores 5th goal in 3 games, Canadiens sweep home-and-home from Red Wings | NHL.com


Laine scores 5th goal in 3 games, Canadiens sweep home-and-home from Red Wings | NHL.com

Veleno scored at 6:41 of the first period to give Detroit a 1-0 lead. He was unmarked to the right of the crease to deflect Jonatan Berggren's sharp pass from the slot inside the right post.

Juraj Slafkovsky tied it 1-1 at 14:14 when he deflected Suzuki's shot from the point.

Jake Evans gave Montreal a 2-1 lead at 15:26. He cut across the top of the left face-off circle and put a wrist shot over Lyon's right shoulder from the top of the slot.

Laine made it 3-1 at 19:21 with his eighth power-play goal in nine games since making his season and Canadiens debut Dec. 3. He took a pass from Hutson high in the left face-off circle and scored with a low shot that deflected into the net off Red Wings defenseman Ben Chiarot's stick.

Suzuki got the secondary assist on the goal; he and Hutson each has seven assists on Laine's power-play goals.

Emil Heineman put the Canadiens up 4-1 at 2:40 of the second period with a wrist shot under Lyon's right pad from the slot.

Brendan Gallagher pushed it to 5-1 at 13:03. He ripped a one-timed slap shot past Lyon's glove from above the right face-off circle on a backhand pass from Josh Anderson.

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