More than 20,000 people stood for France’s national anthem on Saturday at a Montreal hockey game, to pay respect to the 17 people killed in attacks by Muslim extremists.
Just before the face-off between the Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins, the lights were dimmed and the Bell Centre crowd took in La Marseillaise, as France’s blue, white and red colors were projected like a giant flag over the ice.
Several marches to show solidarity with France were planned in Canada: one in Quebec City yesterday with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard to lead the crowd, and another in Montreal where thousands were expected.
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The three-day killing spree in France began on Wednesday with a massacre at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, while a day later, a policewoman was shot dead and twin hostage dramas came to a dramatic end when French commandos killed the alleged attackers, but not before four hostages were killed.
In the game, Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal 3 minutes, 41 seconds into overtime, lifting the Penguins to a 2-1 win.
Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Penguins, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves.
Max Pacioretty scored the lone goal for the Canadiens, who have lost two consecutive games after winning nine of their previous 10. Carey Price stopped 35 shots.
Crosby beat Price with a one-timer while the Penguins played with a man-advantage. It was only the second power-play goal for the Penguins in their past 23 opportunities.
CAPITALS 3, RED WINGS 1
John Carlson and Joel Ward scored in the second period, while Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots as the Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings.
Troy Brouwer also scored for Washington, who improved to 12-1-4 in their past 17 games.
Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, named to his second NHL All-Star game earlier on Saturday, left early in the first period with a groin injury after attempting to make the save on Brouwer’s goal. Howard finished with two saves.
Jonathan Ericsson scored his first goal of the season for Detroit, while Petr Mrazek made 12 saves in relief of Howard.
In other games on Saturday, it was:
‧ Bruins 3, Flyers 1
‧ Avalanche 4, Stars 3
‧ Predators 3, Wild 1
‧ Islanders 5, Blue Jackets 2
‧ Senators 5, Coyotes 1
‧ Blues 5, Hurricanes 4, SO
‧ Flames 1, Canucks 0
‧ Rangers 3, Sharks 1
‧ Jets 5, Kings 4, SO
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