Overview
- Moritz Seider’s takeaway on Easton Cowan created a two-on-zero that Dylan Larkin finished for the sudden-death winner.
- John Gibson turned aside 30 shots and has gone 16-2-0 across his last 18 starts.
- Joseph Woll’s 39 saves kept Toronto in it, yet the club is 1-2-2 over the past five after an earlier 8-0-2 run.
- The Maple Leafs lost Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a first-period lower-body injury with no immediate update, as William Nylander remained out with a groin issue.
- Scott Laughton scored first for Toronto and later failed on a penalty shot; Simon Edvinsson netted Detroit’s equalizer in the final seconds of the opening period.