Habs Blank Wings In Eastern Conference Standoff

In Detroit, Michigan the Detroit Red Wings (31-14-10) look to forget about their tough shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets as they square off against Eastern Conference rivals the Montreal Canadians (37-14-5) who currently reside in first place in the Eastern Conference.

In the first both goalies looking as if they were zeroed in to start the game as even though both teams trade blows both Jimmy Howard (Detroit) and Carey Price (Montreal) push all pucks aside and leave this period with 0's in the goal column.

To the Second we go as both teams cranking it up a notch as both of the try firing all they can at each other resulting in a shot differential through two periods to be Canadians 21 Red Wings 18. But even though they are both still not able to get anything past both Howard and Price. As the score Remains 0-0 through two.

To begin the third still 0-0 when just 2 minutes left into the game Tomas Plekanec is final able to find the back of the net and break this scoreless game to give the Habs a 1-0 lead late into the third. Wings then desperate to get the goal back as the pull the goalie to try and generate the game tying goal, but its Max Pacioretty who nets his 26th of the season as he puts away the empty net goal with 10 seconds left in the game to seal of a victory for Montreal and hand Detroit their third straight loss with the final score of 2-0.