Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 2008 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–1 on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Canadiens 33–25.
Goals came from Maxim Lapierre, Tomas Plekanec, Chris Higgins and Johan Franzen.
Scoring
2nd period
Maxim Lapierre (3)Steve Begin (1)1–005:23 MTL
Tomas Plekanec (5)Andrei Markov (14), Alex Kovalev (11)2–012:17 MTL · 
Chris Higgins (5)Saku Koivu (11), Tom Kostopoulos (3)3–013:37 MTL
3rd period
Johan Franzen (10)Unassisted3–113:31 DET
Team stats
MTLDET
2533
36%64%
1/30/3
66
1822
135
910
53
Penalties
- 5:02 into the first period
Johan Franzen · tripping2 min - 9:08 into the first periodTomas Kopecky · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 10:13 into the second period
Roman Hamrlik · hooking2 min - 11:05 into the second periodMarian Hossa · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodFrancis Bouillon · cross checking2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodAndrei Markov · hooking2 min
The box score appears once the game starts.