Red Wings keep hope alive with OT win

Lucas Raymond scored with 24.4 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 home win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.Detroit (40-32-9, 89 points) rallied from a 4-1 deficit to stay alive for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Four teams are within two points of that final wild-card slot, each team having one game left on the schedule.The Red Wings are tied in points with the Washington Capitals, with the Pittsburgh Penguins one point behind and the Philadelphia Flyers at 87 points.Trailing 4-2 in the third period, Detroit cut Montreal’s lead to 4-3 with 9:22 remaining when Alex DeBrincat one-timed a shot from the right face-off circle over the glove of Montreal goalie Sam Montembeault.Detroit pulled goalie Alex Lyon with 2:20 remaining and, after extensive pressure in the Montreal zone, tied the game at 4-4 with 1:17 left when Raymond got free in front of Montembeault and beat him glove side.In the overtime, Raymond took a pass from Dylan Larkin on a rush and beat Montembeault with a shot from the right face-off circle.J.T. Compher also scored twice for Detroit.Brendan Gallagher scored two goals in defeat for Montreal (30-36-15, 75 points) in the first of back-to-back meetings between the teams to close the regular season.

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