Petry scores 2 goals, Red Wings edge Maple Leafs

DETROIT -- Jeff Petry scored his first two goals of the season to help the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond also scored for the Red Wings, who got three goals from defensemen. Ville Husso made 23 saves for Detroit (12-14-4), which had lost six of seven.

“That’s a huge win, because we’re just trying to find some traction,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “They had their A-game tonight, and it wasn’t much different than some other games we had in that 0-3-2 stretch.”

Mitch Marner had two assists -- and had a goal disallowed -- for Toronto (18-10-2), which had won five of seven.

“I thought we created a lot of offense, but they blocked a lot of shots,” Marner said. “They got into transition on us and made some great plays to score on us.”

Joseph Woll made 22 saves.

“It came down to one goal,” he said. “I wish I could have gotten one of the last two and given us a chance.”

Petry gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 9:07, scoring his first goal with a point shot through traffic.

Marner appeared to tie the game at 13:24, beating Husso from the slot, but the goal was overturned after a Red Wings challenge for offside.

Auston Matthews made it 1-1 at 11:40 of the second period, one-timing Marner’s pass for a power-play goal.

“That was a great play,” Matthews said. “The PK kind of collapsed to the net, so I was just finding an opening so he could get it to me.”

It was his 50th goal of 2024 – his fourth straight calendar year with at least 50. He is the ninth player to do it – the record is seven by Wayne Gretzky (1981-87) and Mike Bossy (1978-84).

Seider gave Detroit a 2-1 lead at 19:42, knocking in Andrew Copp’s pass after Matthews turned the puck over at center ice. The goal was Seider’s 150th NHL point (25 goals, 125 assists).

Matthew Knies tied the score at 2 at 1:07 of the third period, tipping Marner’s shot past Husso for his 11th goal.

Petry put the Red Wings ahead again at 1:51, putting in a rebound for his second goal of the night. It was his ninth two-goal game, but his first with Detroit.

“J.T. (Compher) got a look at it, and the rebound was just sitting there on the doorstep,” Petry said. “Any time you can respond quickly to one of their goals, it deflates them and gives us a jump.”

Husso stopped Marner on a breakaway at 8:02, and Raymond scored into the empty net at 19:58.

“The crowd was unreal tonight for both sides,” Husso said. “It felt like it was a battle on the ice and off the ice, too."

The Maple Leafs are on a quick back-to-back with about 19 hours between the end of the game in Detroit and the start of their home game against the Buffalo Sabres.

“You get an ice bath and a protein shake and get right back after it,” Knies said.

NOTES: Matthews made some highlight reels when he lost a skate blade in the second period. After crashing into the boards, he had to be towed off the ice by defenseman Jake McCabe. Matthews said it had never happened to him in his career. … Seider is the sixth player and first defenseman from the 2019 draft class to reach 150 points, joining Jack Hughes, Matt Boldy, Dylan Cozens, Cole Caufield and Trevor Zegras. … Matthews and Knies each said they didn’t realize they were offside before Marner’s goal.