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MONTREAL (AP) — Canadiens coach Claude Julien said it looked like Tomas Plekanec “drank from the fountain of youth” before playing in his 1 Mike Smith Jersey ,000th game Monday night.Plekanec scored in his milestone game, and Jonathan Drouin added two goals to lead Montreal to a 7-3 victory over the winless Detroit Red Wings.Julien was also behind the bench for Plekanec’s very first NHL game in 2003.“He was really skating well, he had lots of energy,” said Julien, who also coached Plekanec in his first NHL game in 2003. “You could see he was excited to play his 1,000th game and he wanted it to be a good memory for him. … I was fortunate to coach him in his first year and I’m fortunate enough to still be around him for his 1,000th game. It’s a privilege.”Tomas Tatar, Brendan Gallagher, Charles Hudon and Paul Byron also scored for the Canadiens. With Carey Price still out with the flu, backup goalie Antti Niemi stopped 25 shots for his second consecutive victory.The 35-year-old Plekanec became the 324th player in NHL history, and the 13th active NHLer, to reach the 1,000-game plateau. The Czech native is the 12th Canadiens player to reach that milestone Sean Monahan Jersey , joining an elite group that includes Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard and Larry Robinson.The crowd showed their appreciation with a standing ovation in the first period.“It was special,” Plekanec said of the ovation. “I’ve been here for so long and I know the crowd is unbelievable here and I love to play here at the Bell Centre and they showed it again tonight.“It was awesome of course. It feels great. I would never dream of something like that when I started here. It was a hell of a ride.”Plekanec became only the fourth Canadiens player to score in his 1,000th game.Andreas Athanasiou had two goals and Thomas Vanek also scored for the rebuilding Wings, who are winless through six games (0-4-2) for their worst start in franchise history. Jimmy Howard gave up five goals on 20 shots before being replaced by Jonathan Bernier in the second period. Bernier finished with 13 saves.The Red Wings, who were coming off an 8-2 loss to Boston, have now allowed an NHL-worst 29 goals over six games.“We can’t just fall apart like that and start running around with our heads off,” Detroit veteran Niklas Kronwall said. “We have to show some pride. Enough is enough. We’re not even giving ourselves a chance right now.”After Drouin opened the scoring for Montreal on a penalty shot at 7:13 of the first, Plekanec made it 2-0 by shooting a puck on goal that Filip Hronek deflected past his own goalie at 16:56.It was Plekanec’s 233rd NHL goal, all with the Canadiens.“We won this game for him,” Canadiens forward Max Domi said. “We have so much respect for Pleky as a player and as a person. We’re all so happy for him. He deserves every bit of credit he gets. It’s cool to be a part of. Hopefully he plays 1,000 more.”Gallagher got his third of the season at 3:52 of the second on a nice pass from Tatar. Hudon made it 5-1 less than a minute later.Drouin, on the power play TJ Brodie Jersey , scored his second of the game with just over 4 minutes remaining in the period as he shovelled a loose puck past a sprawled-out Bernier.Athanasiou pulled the Red Wings to 6-2 at 7:30 and Vanek caught Niemi looking the wrong way on a wraparound at 10:11 for his first point of the season.Byron added Montreal’s seventh goal of the game with 1:49 remaining.NOTES: Like Price, Andrew Shaw was sidelined with the flu. … Montreal has won six straight against Detroit dating back to March 2017.UP NEXTRed Wings: At Tampa Bay on Thursday night.Canadiens: Host St. Louis on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Kings and Vegas Golden Knights will get together Saturday afternoon at Staples Center for the first time since they met in the first round of the playoffs last spring.The Golden Knights swept the Kings en route to advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals.Vegas is rolling again after a slow start to the season, and Los Angeles is still trying to pick itself back up.Article continues below ...The Kings (10-18-1) have lost four of their past five games and have yet to win three in a row this season. Tension has been growing in the locker room, and veteran defenseman Drew Doughty had plenty to say after a 6-3 loss Thursday night to the visiting New Jersey Devils, who came in last in the Eastern Conference.“I just don’t see enough emotion from the entire group to get us out of this,” Doughty told reporters. “It’s not going to take three or four different guys every night. It’s got to take the entire group, and I know that no one’s seeing the emotion out there. … We’re playing with a lack of emotion, and that’s the bottom line.”The Golden Knights (16-13-1) have won seven of eight to move into the second wild-card spot from the Western Conference.Vegas has received 14 goals from 11 different players in the past four games.“We’re finding scoring coming from a lot of different places and that’s huge,” said Vegas right wing Reilly Smith, who scored in a 4-3 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. “That gave us a lot of success last year, and I think that’s what you’re starting to see right now. A lot of different people are contributing right now, and it’s easy to win games when we’re a balanced team and rolling over lines.”The Golden Knights are scheduled to turn around and host the Dallas Stars on Sunday evening before embarking on a four-game Eastern Conference road trip.Marc-Andre Fleury has started the past eight games in goal for Vegas, and coach Gerard Gallant will likely opt to save Fleury for Sunday’s matchup against Dallas Womens Travis Hamonic Jersey , which came into Friday tied in points with the Golden Knights (33).That would give Malcolm Subban his first start since Nov. 19, when he allowed seven goals in a 7-2 loss to the Calgary Flames. Subban has lost all four of his starts this season and owns a 4.02 goals-against average and .859 save percentage.The Kings haven’t been making games tough on many goalies this season.They rank last in the NHL at 2.10 goals per game and had been held to two or fewer before scoring three against the Devils on Thursday. New Jersey had given up 28 goals while losing their previous six games, however.Doughty said the Kings need to improve more than just their scoring. They need to be a more difficult team to play against physically.“We’re not as skilled as the other teams. That’s just the bottom line,” he said. “We have to be a physical team. We have to be a hard team to play against. We have to have teams come in here and be like, ‘Oh, no, we’ve got to play the LA Kings again in their arena,’ you know?“I don’t see enough physicality from our team. I don’t see enough compete, and that’s why we’re losing these games to teams that are fighting for the last spot with us in the standings too.”