Game 16: Montreal 6, Red Wings 2

Montreal, QC (11/19/69)- Six different Canadiens players scored goals in a 6-2 pasting of the Red Wings at the Forum on Wednesday night.

It was the first meeting of the year between the two Original Six teams.

Red Wings goalie Roy Edwards, whose fast start raised eyebrows around the league, played his worst game of the season, as Montreal scored six goals on 35 shots.

Montreal started fast, scoring three goals in the first period on just 11 shots. Marc Tardif, Yvon Cournoyer and Ralph Backstrom scored in the first 20 minutes.

Jacques Lemaire scored in the second stanza while John Ferguson and Jean Beliveau rounded out the scoring in the third period.

Frank Mahovlich and Nick Libett scored for Detroit (8-5-3).

"We didn't skate," Red Wings coach Sid Abel lamented afterward. "We were one step behind all night. We couldn't get into a rhythm a-tall."

Defenseman Jacques Laperriere had three assists for Montreal.

The loss was the Red Wings' first on their six-game road trip, during which they are 2-1-1.

The trip continues Saturday in Toronto.

DET 1-0-1 = 2
MON 3-1-2 = 6

1st Period
MON- Tardif (Harris) 4:27
DET- Mahovlich (Baun, Howe) 7:03
MON- Cournoyer (Harper, Rousseau) 9:40
MON- Backstrom (Provost) 18:51

2nd Period
MON- Lemaire (Redmond, Laperriere) 5:14

3rd Period
DET- Libett (Connelly, Bergman) 4:15
MON- Ferguson (Savard, Laperriere) 13:23
MON- Beliveau (Tremblay, Laperriere) PPG 17:33

Shots on Goal
DET 13-7-7 = 27
MON 11-12-12 = 35

Goalies
Edwards (DET); Vachon (MON)

Power Plays
DET 0-for-2; MON 1-for-2

Penalty Minutes
DET 11; MON 11

Fights
Harper (MON) vs. Brewer (DET) @ :10 of first period