DETROIT – Patrik Laine scored a power-play goal with 7:58 left to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday night.

Laine’s shot from the left broke defender Moritz Seider’s stick and went past goalkeeper Cam Talbot’s glove.

Jake Evans scored a shorthanded goal and an assist in his 300th career game. Emil Heineman also scored a goal and an assist, while Arber Xhekaj scored his first goal of the season. Sam Montembeault made 25 saves.

Patrick Kane, Joe Veleno and Tyler Motte scored for Detroit, and Michael Rasmussen had two assists. Talbot stopped 29 shots.

The teams will compete again on Saturday, this time in Montreal.

Canadiens: Laine scored three power-play goals against Buffalo on Tuesday. He converted again on Montreal’s second power play of the game. All seven of his goals this season came on the power play.

Red Wings: Kane, an eight-time All-Star, is starting to get hot. He ended a 10-game goal drought against Philadelphia on Wednesday and now has five goals in 27 games this season.

Just before Evans’ shorthanded goal in the first period, Montembeault made an unusual stop. Detroit’s Lucas Raymond hacked at the puck behind the Canadiens’ goal. It rolled up the net and landed on Montembeault’s neck. Defenseman Kaiden Guhle covered the puck with his glove as the play blew.

Veleno has scored in two consecutive games after conceding just one goal in his first 26 games. Veleno, who signed a two-year contract extension in July, scored 12 goals last season.

The Canadiens and Red Wings complete the home game in Montreal on Saturday.

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