DETROIT (AP) ¡ª Jeff Petry finally scored a goal against the
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scored 19 seconds into the third period, and the Montreal Canadiens held on for
a 3-2 victory over the Red Wings on Tuesday night. Petry, a Michigan native, is
the son of former Tigers pitcher Dan Petry, who was a member of the Detroit team
that won the World Series in 1984. Jeff Petry¡¯s goal Tuesday was the 54th of his
NHL career, but the first in Detroit.¡°It¡¯s exciting to get that in this
building, in front of a lot of friends and family,¡± Petry said.Brendan Gallagher
and Joel Armia scored 66 seconds apart early in the second for Montreal, and
Petry¡¯s goal made it 3-1. Andreas Athanasiou scored both goals for the Red
Wings.Detroit wrapped up a five-game homestand that included only one victory.
The Red Wings are 1-6-2 in their last nine games.¡°We gave away three easy
goals,¡± Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. ¡°We got to work like dogs to get our
goals and then you give away three easy ones. It¡¯s hard to score every night. I
thought we worked, I thought we were on the forecheck, I thought we did enough
good things to win. We just can¡¯t give away goals.¡±Gallagher opened the scoring
30 seconds into the second period, capitalizing during a goalmouth scramble
after goalie Jimmy Howard failed to secure a rebound.Just over a minute
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slot, and he beat Howard with a wrist shot.Athanasiou made it 2-1, beating
goalie Antti Niemi from the right circle after a failed zone exit by the
Canadiens.¡°I tried to look over like I was going to pass,¡± Athanasiou said. ¡°I
don¡¯t know if it worked, but I was hoping Niemi would read pass and give me
somewhere to shoot.¡±Montreal began the third period much like the second. Former
Red Wing Tomas Tatar found Petry trailing a rush, and the Montreal defenseman
scored with a wrist shot from between the circles.¡°When I got the puck I thought
I had to get it off pretty quick and I picked my head up and saw there was a
little more room,¡± Petry said. ¡°So I got myself a few more steps in and got
myself in a better position.¡±Athanasiou brought Detroit back within one with
15:02 remaining. The Red Wings¡¯ struggling power play created good pressure, and
Athanasiou scored from a tough angle to the right of the net, his 17th goal of
the season.With their goalie pulled at the end, the Red Wings had the puck in
the offensive zone in the final 10 seconds, but they exasperated their own home
crowd by passing it around and letting the clock expire without a shot.Montreal
improved to 12-7-3 on the road. The Canadiens are 11-9-2 at home.¡°I think we can
play better at home,¡± Montreal coach Claude Julien said. ¡°Whether it¡¯s bringing
that road mentality to your home rink, somehow that¡¯s what we need to do
here.¡±NOTES: Canadiens D Shea
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Monday night against Minnesota, played 24:08 on Tuesday. ¡ Howard played his
491st game, tying Guy Hebert for eighth on the career list among American-born
goalies.UP NEXTCanadiens: Visit St. Louis on Thursday night.Red Wings: Visit
Winnipeg on Friday night. CHICAGO (AP) ¡ª Alex DeBrincat had the best game of his
career, and the Chicago Blackhawks needed all of his production.DeBrincat had
three goals and two assists, and the Blackhawks held on to beat the Ottawa
Senators 8-7 on Monday night for their ninth win in 11 games.The five points for
the 21-year-old set a career high, and his fourth NHL hat trick gave him 32
goals in his second season.¡°High-scoring affair, obviously,¡± DeBrincat said.
¡°It¡¯s a pretty crazy game, more like a summer hockey game. But we got the win so
we¡¯ll move on from here.¡±DeBrincat continues to thrive on a line with Dylan
Strome, his former juniors teammate. He has six goals and six assists in his
last six games and points in 11 of his last 12.¡°They¡¯re giving me the puck a lot
in each game, so all I have to do is bear down and put it in the net,¡± DeBrincat
said.Patrick Kane scored his 36th goal and added two assists to extend his point
streak to 18 games ¡ª with 14 goals and 26 assists during the stretch¡ª the
longest by a player in the NHL this season. Strome also had a goal and two
assists in his fourth three-point game since joining the Blackhawks on Nov. 25,
and Brandon
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to help Chicago move a point behind Minnesota for the second wild card in the
Western Conference.The wide-open game might have been entertaining, but
Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton disliked the sloppiness.¡°I didn¡¯t particularly
enjoy it back there (behind the bench),¡± Colliton said. ¡°It wasn¡¯t pretty
defensively. ¡ The good news is we won when we maybe didn¡¯t have our best
effort. We found a way.¡±Colin White had two goals and an assist, Thomas Chabot
scored twice, and Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan and Rudolfs Balcers also had goals for
NHL-worst Ottawa, which lost for the eighth time in its last 11.¡°I¡¯ve seen a lot
of weird games, and that¡¯s one of them,¡± Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said. ¡°It¡¯s
definitely not one of those games you spend a long time watching video on.¡±The
Blackhawks led 5-4 after a wild first period loaded with defensive breakdowns
and few soft goals. Both starting goalies ¡ª Chicago¡¯s Collin Delia and Ottawa¡¯s
Anders Nilsson ¡ª were pulled before the end of the period.¡°Nine goals in one
period, I think that¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve ever seen that,¡± Chabot said.Cam Ward
got the win as he finished with 24 saves on 28 shots.White¡¯s second goal, on a
wrister from the left circle, tied the score 1:32 into the second.DeBrincat
completed his hat trick on a screened one-timer at 8:19 to put Chicago back
ahead. Forsling ripped in a screened slap shot from inside the blue line 1:12
later to increase the Blackhawks¡¯ lead to 7-5.Set up by
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whipped in a power-play goal at 3:51 of the third to give Chicago a three-goal
lead.Chabot scored from the left wing at 9:01 to make it 8-6, then buried a
rebound with 5:17 left to pull Ottawa within a goal. Chicago then killed an
Ottawa power play over the last 1:40 with the Senators¡¯ Craig Anderson pulled
for an extra attacker.Ryan had a power-play goal and Balcers scored
even-strength 34 seconds apart to put Ottawa up 2-0 just 2:40 in.DeBrincat tied
it at 2-all just 2 1/2 minutes later with a power-play goal and an even-strength
tally of his own in a 1:13 span.White¡¯s first goal put the Senators back ahead
3-2 at 7:55 and chased Delia, who faced 10 shots.Kane and Strome connected 46
seconds apart to put Chicago ahead 4-3 with 6:38 left, prompting Boucher send in
Anderson.Nilsson gave up the four goals on 12 shots. Anderson, who had missed
the previous three games with an eye injury, allowed four goals on 30 shots.Saad
was wide open at the edge of the crease for a tap-in with 5:07 left in the first
to made it 5-3, then Stone scored countered from the slot with 2:14 left to pull
Ottawa within one.NOTES: Kane has assists in 17 straight games, matching Wayne
Gretzky and Paul Coffey for the third longest assist streak in league history.
Only Gretzky (23 games in 1990-91) and Adam Oates (18 games in 1992-93.) have
had longer such streaks. ¡ The nine goals by both teams in the first period set
a Senators team record for combined goal in a period. ¡ Chicago made a
minor-league deal before the game, acquiring F Peter Holland from the New York
Rangers for D Darren Raddysh. ¡ The Senators are rumored to be shopping pending
unrestricted free agents F Matt Duchene, D Stone and F Ryan Dzingel as next
Monday¡¯s trade deadline approaches. Scouts from no fewer than nine other NHL
teams were in the press box, including two from Winnipeg.UP NEXTSenators: At New
Jersey on Thursday night.Blackhawks: At Detroit on Wednesday night.