"He's an example of what hard work and perseverance, commitment and dedication is all about. He never complains about anything," Canadiens coach Claude Julien said. "He just goes out and does his job, which is what you would expect from your leaders. And I think that's what I like about Brendan. He respects what we're trying to do, and he just goes out there and does his job, and when you do that, you get rewarded with the kind of season he's having right now."
Gallagher extended the lead to 3-1 at 9:32. After he deflected Mike Reilly's shot from the point, Coreau lost sight of the puck, and fell backwards in an attempt to cover it up and knocked it over the goal line.
"I tipped it down and [Coreau] was nice enough to push it in for me," Gallagher said. "It was a good shot by [Reilly] and I just got a little piece of it."
Bertuzzi cut the lead to 3-2 at 13:41 on a rebound.
"We did a good job of shooting tonight, and [Nyquist] got it through traffic there and me and [Henrik Zetterberg] were both at the net whacking away," Bertuzzi said.
Galchenyuk made it 4-2 with a power-play goal at 15:34 of the third period.
Nyquist scored on a one-timer off a cross-ice pass from Zetterberg to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 4:41 of the first period.
Byron tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 18:11.
