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Gallagher, Price Lead Canadiens To 4-2 Win Over Red Wings

MONTREAL (AP) - Brendan Gallagher scored twice, including his 30th goal of the season, and Carey Price snapped a seven-game losing streak as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the skidding Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Monday night.

NHL: MAR 26 Red Wings at Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Montreal Canadiens right wing Brendan Gallagher (11) watches the puck cross the goal line on Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Reilly (28) third goal of the season during the second period of the NHL game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens on March 26, 2018, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, QC (Photo by Vincent Ethier/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NHL: MAR 26 Red Wings at Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Detroit Red Wings left wing Andreas Athanasiou (72) brakes to go around Montreal Canadiens defenseman Brett Lernout (36) during the first period of the NHL game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens on March 26, 2018, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, QC (Photo by Vincent Ethier/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Brendan Gallagher #11 of the Montreal Canadiens skates in as the puck approaches the goal line while goaltender Jared Coreau #31 of the Detroit Red Wings remains on his back during the NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Dylan Larkin #71 of the Detroit Red Wings skates the puck against Byron Froese during the NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Tyler Bertuzzi #59 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)
Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Karl Alzner #22 of the Montreal Canadiens checks Darren Helm #43 of the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)
Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Jared Coreau #31 of the Detroit Red Wings blocks the shot from Logan Shaw #49 of the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)
Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 26: Paul Byron #41 of the Montreal Canadiens skates with the puck under pressure from Luke Glendening #41 of the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 26, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

Paul Byron and Alex Galchenyuk also scored for Montreal in a matchup of Original Six franchises already eliminated from playoff contention. Price made 26 saves for his first win since Feb. 4. He had been 0-5-2 since then.

Gustav Nyquist and Tyler Bertuzzi scored for Detroit, and Jared Coreau stopped 27 shots in his fifth game of the season. He is 0-4-0.

Both the Canadiens and Red Wings will take part in the draft lottery this spring. Montreal is 26th in the overall NHL standings, three points ahead of 27th-place Detroit.

The Red Wings have won just once in their last 14 games (1-12-1).

With the two goals, Gallagher pushed his total to 49 points this season. His previous career high was 47.

Gallagher scored his first of the game and team-leading 29th of the season at 4:27 of the second period to give the Canadiens a 2-1 lead. The forward threw the puck on net from the corner of the ice and it bounced off Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser's skate and in.

The Edmonton native, who has scored in three consecutive games, got his 30th at 9:32 when he tipped a shot by Mike Reilly on net. The puck went off Coreau's skate and landed in the crease before the goalie accidentally knocked it in himself.

Gallagher came within inches of his first career hat trick. With 4:26 remaining, Jeff Petry's shot from the blue line trickled past Coreau. Gallagher came close to knocking it in, but Galchenyuk got his stick on it first to make it 4-2.

Bertuzzi got one back for Detroit at 13:41 of the second when he squeezed a loose puck between Price's pads.

The teams traded goals in the first period.

Nyquist got the first at 4:41 with a hard one-timer before Byron responded, on the power play, with a backhand off the post and in at 18:11 for his 19th.

NOTES: Several Canadian Olympians were honored in a pregame ceremony, including medalists Kim Boutin, Charles Hamelin, Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Mikael Kingsbury.

UP NEXT

Red Wings: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Canadiens: Play at Pittsburgh on Saturday night.


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