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Canadiens vs Red Wings Top Six Minutes: Carey Price makes history

It took some overtime heroics by Lars Eller, but with his 43 win of the NHL season Carey Price set a new franchise record for most wins by a Canadiens goaltender.

By Matthew Macaskill Apr 9, 2015, 10:30pm EDT

Well folks, just two games left and your Montreal Canadiens are playing for first place in the Atlantic Division.
Tonight's tilt with the Red Wings could prove to be a playoff primer, with the Red Wings still in the hunt for the clinch.

1st Period

40 seconds in and Montreal has iced it twice.
Mitchell set up Flynn point blank in the blue paint. No dice.
Habs playoff success will depend on depth scoring.
Someone remind Smith-Pelly & Parenteau that means them.
We all know Lars Eller got the memo.
Desharnais gets 2 for hugging.
Habs with a ton of pressure after killing off the minor but...
Tatar makes it 1-0 with a quick wrist shot.
Desharnais catches a breakaway but DeKeyser sneaks off the bench to pressure him.
Pateryn is an NHLer.
Who do you prefer in the lineup: Pateryn or Emelin?
P.K. Subban... Andrei Markov... GOAL!
Habs tie it and Markov nets his 10th of the season.
Not bad for a 36-year-old on one knee, eh?

2nd Period

Canadiens with all kinds of pressure again.
Galchenyuk's shot wide... I can't wait until he's a full time C.
Smith-Pelly tries to go between the legs three feet from the blueline? Therrien's going to love that.
Mitchell sets up Flynn AGAIN. No dice.
Third time's a charm?
Flynn wasn't getting it done, so Petry took over. 2-1 Habs!
Have to think Bergevin tries to re-sign the guy.
Datsyuk whistles one through Price. Tie game.
Prust gets called for hugging.
I'm convinced the Wings keep Sheahan around because his name sounds like Shanahan.
When was the last time the Habs and Red Wings faced off in the playoffs?
I'd love to see it...

3rd Period

Habs PowerKill™ early on here. Montreal needs to score.
Can Darren Helm teach our players how to skate?
3-2 Red Wings, shorthanded.
If Montreal loses, does Carey Price play vs. Toronto on Saturday?
Have to think it's Carey's call.
How much does the record of most wins by a Canadiens goaltender mean to him?
Desharnais with a partial breakaway, draws a penalty without getting a shot off.
Montreal needs to tie here. For Price.
Ottawa defeats the Rangers 3-0. The East is a crap shoot.
If only the Canadiens were more than a perimeter team on the PP.
Defensemen Brendan Smith redirects the puck while sitting on the BENCH!
That's a 2-minute penalty, folks. 5-on-3 Habs.
You don't see that very often.
Sportsnet's Jason York calls it a "brain fart." Hard to argue.
Refs initially send Smith to the box, but he wasn't on the ice. Sheahan serves it.
Subban loses the puck on the line, then mishandles it on the re-entry.
DOESN'T MATTER. HAD PLEKS.
Tie game: 3-3.
Habs powerplay continues. Thank Smith.
Smith-Pelly to the box. So much for that.
Eller trips, quite literally, over the blueline on what would have been a sure shorthanded breakaway. smh
Scoreboard watching continues: Tampa wins their game tonight.
Is it just me, or do the Habs and Lightning seem destined for a post-season reunion?
Overtime. Both teams get a point, which means the chances of these clubs facing off in Round one just took a nose dive.