Fowler makes 30 saves, Canadiens defeat Red Wings in double shutout

MONTREAL -- Jacob Fowler made 30 saves for his second NHL shutout, and Zachary Bolduc scored in the sixth round to give the Montreal Canadiens a 1-0 shootout win against the Detroit Red Wings at Bell Centre on Saturday.

Bolduc scored five-hole on Daniil Tarasov for the first goal of the shootout, and Fowler turned aside Nate Danielson to deny a sixth straight Detroit attempt.

“It’s a pretty emotional game and I feel like you always stand a little bit taller after a big win,” Fowler said. “So I need to bring myself back down to earth a little bit here.”

Fowler made a second straight start for Montreal (2-2-1), which had lost three straight (0-2-1).

“He made some amazing saves short-handed, breakaways, shootout, so he’s obviously a huge part of that win,” Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki said. “I thought we played good in front of him, let him see the puck, and he made some big saves."

Tarasov made 30 saves in his first start for Detroit (1-3-1), which lost 6-3 to the Seattle Kraken on Friday.

“I thought it was a really gutsy effort on our behalf,” Red Wings coach Todd McLellan said. “Back-to-backs aren’t easy, especially early in the year. We had to weather a storm early. We played even after that. It would have been nice to find a way to get one in the shootout, but not a lot of complaints.”

The Canadiens went 0-for-4 on the power play and are 1-for-17 this season.

Fowler kept the game tied when he stuck out his left pad to make a save on Andrew Copp’s shot at 3:35 of the third period when the Red Wings forward drove in alone and went to his backhand.

Montreal had three goals waved off during the game, including the apparent winner from Alexandre Texier at 2:37 of overtime. Bolduc, who had a goal disallowed in the second, was offside on the play.

“A lot of credit to the boys for staying resilient,” Fowler said. “It’s hard to line back up for a face-off after thinking you win the game in front of 20,000 people. So a lot of credit to our group for sticking with it and a huge goal by ‘Bolds’ there in the shootout.”

An apparent goal by Cole Caufield was waved off at 1:16 of the first period. A lengthy video review determined that the puck had not completely crossed the goal line.

“Obviously a bit of a special start to the game, that long break, but I thought once we found our legs and got going we played some good hockey,” Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond said.

Another Canadiens goal by Bolduc was disallowed at 7:03 of the second period because Montreal forward Jake Evans interfered with Tarasov in the crease on the play.

“It can get frustrating when you think you have a goal and you take the lead, and the review takes a while,” Suzuki said.

Dylan Larkin drew chants of “We want Larkin!” on his first couple of shifts. The 30-year-old forward played his third straight game for Detroit. He missed the first two games of the season after asking to be traded and giving up the captaincy.

“It was interesting,” Larkin said. “I never would have imagined that in this building in my career, but they’re passionate fans. In my opinion, this is the best atmosphere in hockey and they’re knowledgeable and they love their team. So that’s how I read into it, and after a few seconds, I was just back to focusing on the game.”

NOTES: Fowler (21 years, 320 days) is the fifth Canadiens goalie to record multiple shutouts at age 21 or younger. Carey Price had four shutouts, Jocelyn Thibault had three, and Jaroslav Halak and Patrick Roy each had two. … Fowler faced the second-most shootout attempts (six) without allowing a goal in Canadiens history. Price did not allow a goal while facing eight Pittsburgh Penguins shooters in a 4-3 shootout win on Oct. 27, 2007.