MONTREAL - Gustav Nyquist scored on a rebound with 28 seconds left in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens in the first post-Olympic game for both clubs on Wednesday night.
Montreal (32-21-7) had goalie Peter Budaj pulled for an extra attacker when captain Brian Gionta scored with 29 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
A team coached by Detroit's Mike Babcock, who was Canada's Olympic bench boss, had not allowed a goal since Lauris Darzins got one at 15:41 of the first period of Canada's 2-1 win over Latvia in the quarter-finals in Sochi.
Todd Bertuzzi scored in the first period for Detroit (27-20-12).
The Red Wings checkers threw a blanket over Montreal much as Canada did at the Olympics and the Bell Centre crowd booed as the Canadiens tested Jimmy Howard only twice in the second period. Detroit had a 30-20 shot advantage overall.
But they were on their feet as Gionta collected a puck at the side of the net in a scramble and backhanded the tying goal into a top corner.
