Game 1: Wings down Canadiens 2-1, Clinch top 2 Seed
Ben Beattie makes a last second save for the Wings Sunday
In a huge game with playoff implications - the Wings and Canadiens battled. In the first half, Elk River's Connor Bizal scored on the Power Play to give the Habs a 1-0 lead at the end of 1. Cameron Smerkar stopped 22 shots for the Canadiens.
In the second half, the Wings came out flying. Ryan Lesko took a pretty stretch pass from Ben Almquist to set up a two on one. The Eden Prairie winger held it patiently until the last second as he fed it to Ben Ward for a tap in goal to tie it. Two minutes later on almost the exact same play, Ray Christy got a stretch pass from Joey Petronack and made a highlight reel move on the Canadiens Goalie for what amounted to be the game winning goal.
Late in the game down 2-1 with the goalie pulled, the Canadiens pressured the Wings. With eight seconds left, Ben Beattie made a point blank save to insure the win for the Wings and first round bye in next weekend's BEL playoffs.