DETROIT — The Red Wings' three-game win streak came to end Tuesday.
Montreal used two Mike Hoffman goals and terrific penalty killing, along with a 2-1 shootout edge, to defeat the Red Wings 3-2.
Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki scored in the shootout for Montreal, while David Perron countered for the Wings.
The loss ended a three-game win streak for the Wings (7-3-3) while Montreal ended a three-game losing streak (6-6-1).
The Red Wings had a chance to close the game out in regulation time.
Montreal's Juraj Slafkovsky boarded Matt Luff at 14:28 in the third period, resulting in a five-minute Wings' power play and a game misconduct for Slafkovsky, last summer's No. 1 overall draft pick.
But Elmer Sodeberlom's interference penalty nullified that at 16:26 for two minutes.
The Wings had 62 seconds of power play time to end regulation time, but didn't mount much pressure.
The Wings had another 21-second power play to end overtime, but didn't convert, ending an 0-for-7 night on the power play.
Lucas Raymond tied the game with his fifth goal at 10:37 of the third period. Pius Suter found Raymond lurking in the slot, and Raymond fired a shot into a largely vacant net, with goalie Jake Allen (41 saves) over-committed to the other side.
Montreal had the identical formula for its first two goals.
Brendan Gallagher put a shot on net that goalie Ville Husso (31 saves) allowed a juicy rebound that Mike Hoffman jumped all over. Hoffman scored his second and third goals of the season, the second goal, breaking a 1-1 tie and with just 16 seconds left in the first period.
Austin Czarnik (Washington Township) scored his first goal as a Red Wing in the first period.
