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John Tavares scored two goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the visiting Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Friday night.

Mitch Marner added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won the first two games of a four-game homestand. Morgan Reilly had two assists.

Toronto goaltender Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves.

Dylan Larkin scored for the Red Wings, who had won their previous two games and were trying for their second three-game winning streak of the season.

Detroit goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 17 shots.

Toronto’s Nicholas Robertson had a goal disallowed at 2:01 of the first period due to goaltender interference.

Detroit’s JT Comper hit the crossbar with a shot at 5:57 of the first.

Marner extended his points streak to seven games by scoring on a power play 11:12 into the first period. He drove the puck to the Detroit end and knocked in the rebound off William Nylander’s shot. Michael Rasmussen was serving an interference penalty.

At 9:10 of the second minute, Larkin scored his ninth goal of the season on a shot from the left circle. Tavares went for hooking. Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat assisted.

Tavares scored his sixth of the season at 11:01 of the second minute with a 22-foot wrist shot from the left circle on the power play. Detroit had a player ejected because it was penalized for having too many men on the ice.

It was Toronto’s fifth power-play goal in the last two games.

Detroit came close to scoring on a wraparound at 15:21 of the third period, but Stolarz came out of the fight with the puck in his free hand after losing his blocker.

Tavares scored his seventh goal of the season on an empty-netter at 18:30 of the third.

Toronto has placed Auston Matthews (upper body injury) on injured reserve retroactive to Sunday. He also did not play on Tuesday when Toronto beat the Boston Bruins 4–0.

–Field Level Media