Overview
- Moritz Seider stripped rookie Easton Cowan at the blue line to spring a two-on-none that Dylan Larkin finished at 3:07 of overtime for a 2-1 Detroit win in Toronto.
- The Red Wings completed a four-game season sweep of the Maple Leafs, their first sweep of a Toronto series of four or more games since 1995-96, and improved to 31-16-4.
- Joseph Woll rebounded from recent poor outings with 39 saves in the loss, while Detroit’s John Gibson stopped 30 shots.
- Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson exited in the first period with a lower-body injury and was ruled out, with further evaluation pending.
- Elsewhere, Vancouver snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 4-3 comeback over Washington, and Calgary recalled Martin Pospisil from an AHL conditioning stint while reassigning Dryden Hunt.