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Red Wings vs Canadiens Final: 5-4 - Recap

Detroit earned a 5-4 victory over Montreal on Tuesday, but needed a shootout to do it at Bell Centre.

The Red Wings were a -190 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.

David Perron, Joe Veleno, Daniel Sprong, and Moritz Seider each scored for the Red Wings in the victory. Seider opened the scoring for Detroit.

James Reimer turned in a 29-save effort for the Red Wings.

Montreal got goals from Brendan Gallagher, Juraj Slafkovsky, Alex Newhook, and Cole Caufield in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Cayden Primeau stopped 36 of 40 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Detroit scored 0 times on 0 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Detroit outshot Montreal 40-33 in the game.