Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Detroit Red Wings

39-35-8

Final
3 - 4

Toronto Maple Leafs

52-26-4

Playoff-bound Maple Leafs beat the Red Wings 4-3 in OT in regular-season finale

Maple Leafs rally to tie score in dying seconds of 3rd, eke out OT winner

Auston Matthews, Philippe Myers and Chris Tanev — with 1.8 seconds left in regulation —also scored for Toronto (52-26-4). Joseph Woll stopped 30 shots, and Mitch Marner had two assists.

The Maple Leafs won the Atlantic Division and will host the Ottawa Senators in Game 1 on Sunday.

Justin Holl had a goal and an assist against his former team and Austin Watson and Alex DeBrincat also scored for Detroit (39-35-8). Cam Talbot made 16 saves.

Takeaways Red Wings: The Red Wings missed the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season. Only the Buffalo Sabres, at 14, have a longer playoff drought.

Maple Leafs: Coach Craig Berube said following the morning skate he expects injured defensemen Jake McCabe (undisclosed) and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (undisclosed) and center David Kampf (upper-body), to be available for Game 1 against Ottawa.

Key moment Tanev scored his third goal of the season with 1.8 seconds left in regulation to tie it after Toronto trailed 3-1 entering the third period.

Key stat The Maple Leafs won a division title for just the third time in the league’s post-1967 expansion era, and the first time in a full season since 1999-00.

Regular Season Series

TOR wins series 3-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 17:53	Auston Matthews Goal (33) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (28), Mitch Marner (74)
Goal	1st Period 19:19	Austin Watson Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Justin Holl (6)
Goal	2nd Period 2:16	Justin Holl Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Marco Kasper (18), Vladimir Tarasenko (22)
Goal	2nd Period 5:50	Alex DeBrincat Goal (39) Slap Shot, assists: Moritz Seider (38), Patrick Kane (38)
Goal	3rd Period 3:43	Philippe Myers Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Steven Lorentz (11), Calle Jarnkrok (6)
Goal	3rd Period 19:58	Chris Tanev Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Mitch Marner (75), Pontus Holmberg (12)
Goal	4th Period 0:56	Scott Laughton Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Dakota Mermis (1), Matthew Knies (29)

Statistics

DET		TOR
16	Blocked Shots	11
13	Hits	17
4	Takeaways	7
34	Shots	20
1	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	2
50.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
16	Faceoffs Won	29
35.6	Faceoff Win Percent	64.4
14	Giveaways	20
2	Total Penalties	2
4	Penalty Minutes	4

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Dakota Joshua, C	Out	Dec 13
Marshall Rifai, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Brandon Carlo, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Joseph Woll, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 12