MONTREAL -- Max Pacioretty's second goal of the night lifted the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.
Paul Byron and Sven Andrighetto also scored for Montreal, which blew a two-goal lead and trailed 3-2 heading into the final period. Mike Condon had 39 saves.
The Canadiens (35-36-6) played the spoiler, with the Red Wings (38-28-11) remaining just out of the second Eastern Conference wild card and one point back of Boston for third in the Atlantic Division.
Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha and Mike Green scored in the second for Detroit, which outshot Montreal 42-27.
Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek's late-season woes continued. He was pulled in favor of Jimmy Howard for a second straight start at 11:25 of the first period after allowing two goals on seven shots.
Pacioretty tipped in Joel Hanley's point shot at 8:23 and Byron backhanded in the rebound of an Alexei Emelin point shot at 11:25. A recent call-up, Hanley's assist gave him five points in five NHL games.
The Red Wings roared back with three power-play goals in the second. It started when Emelin was given majors for interference and fighting for a hit into the boards that briefly shook up rookie Dylan Larkin.
Nyquist picked the top corner with a shot at 12:33 and Mantha, a rookie who had more than 40 family and friends in the crowd, scored through a wild scramble in front of Condon at 13:17.
Green put a wrist shot through traffic and in off the far post at 16:20.
Montreal tied it at 3 in the third period when Andrighetto converted a tip-in for his seventh goal. Then Alex Galchenyuk fed Pacioretty for his 27th of the season at 11:18.
Mrazek was pulled after allowing four goals on 27 shots against Pittsburgh on Saturday. He was in the Vezina Trophy conversation earlier in the season, but has been yanked five times since Feb. 14.
Game notes
Montreal goaltender Carey Price, out since Nov. 25 with a lower-body injury, is expected to travel with the team for games Thursday in Tampa Bay and Saturday in Florida. Forward Brendan Gallagher, out since March 5, will also travel and hopes to play in at least one of the games.
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