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Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 in overtime on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 32-36-14
at Detroit Red Wings 6 41-31-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 2 1 0 5
Detroit Red Wings 1 1 3 1 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 11 6 8 0 25
Detroit Red Wings 7 13 17 5 42

Three stars

  1. D. Larkin, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals)
  2. M. Brandsegg-Nygård, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals)
  3. P. Kane, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:08 Detroit Red Wings Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (3) J.T. Compher (1), Simon Edvinsson (1) Even strength TOR 0, DET 1
1st 15:57 Toronto Maple Leafs Logan Shaw (1) Matthew Barbolini (1), Henry Thrun (2) Even strength TOR 1, DET 1
1st 17:45 Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Robertson (2) Calle Jarnkrok (1), Philippe Myers (3) Shorthanded TOR 2, DET 1
2nd 05:04 Detroit Red Wings Patrick Kane (2) Alex DeBrincat (3), Simon Edvinsson (2) Even strength TOR 2, DET 2
2nd 16:03 Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Pezzetta (1) Unassisted Even strength TOR 3, DET 2
2nd 16:57 Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Nylander (1) Cedric Pare (1) Even strength TOR 4, DET 2
3rd 12:33 Detroit Red Wings Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (4) Axel Sandin-Pellikka (3), Marco Kasper (1) Power play TOR 4, DET 3
3rd 12:48 Toronto Maple Leafs Cedric Pare (1) Travis Boyd (1), Michael Pezzetta (1) Even strength TOR 5, DET 3
3rd 17:19 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (3) Patrick Kane (1), Lucas Raymond (3) Power play TOR 5, DET 4
3rd 19:29 Detroit Red Wings Albert Johansson (1) Axel Sandin-Pellikka (4), J.T. Compher (2) Even strength TOR 5, DET 5
OT 03:23 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (4) Patrick Kane (2), Lucas Raymond (4) Power play TOR 5, DET 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 25 42
Power play 0 of 5 3 of 6
Penalty minutes 12 10
Hits 20 17
Blocked shots 29 15
Giveaways 10 14
Takeaways 6 4
Faceoffs won 33/72 (45.8%) 39/72 (54.2%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
15 L. Shaw R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 42.9% 12:52
19 C. Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 50% 22:53
26 J. Quillan C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 2 0 46.7% 16:41
43 L. Haymes C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 35% 16:47
53 E. Cowan R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0 0 100% 19:10
56 C. Pare C 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 1 0 85.7% 10:02
61 M. Pezzetta L 1 1 2 +3 2 1 1 1 0 08:43
68 M. Barbolini C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 1 2 0 13:10
71 V. Lettieri C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 16:19
72 T. Boyd C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 10:11
89 N. Robertson L 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 21:38
92 A. Nylander L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 2 0 15:33
2 S. Benoit D 0 0 0 +2 4 0 2 6 0 22:21
3 H. Thrun D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 3 0 17:35
33 M. Benning D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 16:43
36 D. Mermis D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 3 0 23:16
51 P. Myers D 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 22:41
52 C. Webber D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 4 0 15:02
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
35 D. Hildeby 14 12 2 .857 30:47
47 J. Reimer 28 24 4 .857 32:36 OT loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
18 A. Copp C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 63.6% 13:47
22 M. Appleton C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 14:39
23 L. Raymond L 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 2 0 20:32
27 M. Rasmussen C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 0 0 42.9% 14:51
28 M. Brandsegg-Nygård R 2 0 2 +1 0 2 2 0 1 10:53
37 J. Compher L 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 53.8% 13:48
58 E. Finnie C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 100% 12:36
71 D. Larkin C 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 0 2 50% 20:50
85 E. Soderblom L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0 0 12:42
88 P. Kane R 1 2 3 -1 0 4 0 0 0 19:30
92 M. Kasper C 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 63.6% 17:13
93 A. DeBrincat R 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 0 0 19:07
8 B. Chiarot D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 4 0 20:16
20 A. Johansson D 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 14:20
25 J. Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 14:01
44 A. Sandin-Pellikka D 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 0 0 17:47
53 M. Seider D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 3 0 28:49
77 S. Edvinsson D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 2 1 0 18:54
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
36 J. Gibson 25 20 5 .800 60:21 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:54 Detroit Red Wings Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 13:39 Detroit Red Wings Moritz Seider Hooking 2
1st 16:37 Toronto Maple Leafs Simon Benoit Holding 2
2nd 06:38 Detroit Red Wings Michael Rasmussen Tripping 2
2nd 06:56 Detroit Red Wings Marco Kasper Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 08:19 Detroit Red Wings Mason Appleton Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 02:46 Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Pezzetta Hooking 2
3rd 11:48 Toronto Maple Leafs Easton Cowan Holding 2
3rd 15:32 Toronto Maple Leafs Vinni Lettieri Slashing 2
3rd 16:47 Toronto Maple Leafs Simon Benoit Cross checking 2
OT 01:59 Toronto Maple Leafs Philippe Myers High sticking 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Craig Berube
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Todd McLellan
Referees
Mitch Dunning, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Kyle Flemington
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
John Tavares, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Chris Tanev, Morgan Rielly, Scott Laughton, Jake McCabe, Anthony Stolarz, Max Domi, Brandon Baddock, William Nylander, Dakota Joshua, Brandon Carlo, Nicolas Roy, Steven Lorentz, Kenneth Appleby, Auston Matthews, Joseph Woll, Vladimir Bobylev, Nikolai Chebykin, David Kampf, Vladislav Kara, Semyon Kizimov, Reese Johnson, Matias Maccelli, Kirill Slepets, William Villeneuve, Wyatt Schingoethe, Bobby McMann, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, Veeti Miettinen, Joe Miller, Matthew Knies, Ryan McCleary, Ben King, Marc Johnstone, Nicholas Moldenhauer, Marshall Rifai, Landon Sim, Chas Sharpe, Alex Pharand, Hudson Malinoski, Ben Danford, Luke Grainger, Sam Stevens, Marko Sikic, Victor Johansson, Timofei Obvintsev, Alexander Plesovskikh, Nathan Mayes, Matt Lahey, Sam McCue, Rhett Parsons, Tyler Hopkins, William Belle, Ryan Kirwan, Tinus Luc Koblar, Harry Nansi, Rylan Fellinger, Matthew Hlacar, Nick Rheaume, Owen Conrad
Detroit Red Wings scratches
James van Riemsdyk, Travis Hamonic, Justin Holl, Erik Gustafsson, Alexander Kadeykin, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Jonatan Berggren, Carson Bantle, Kienan Draper, Shai Buium, Brennan Ali, Dylan James, Dmitri Buchelnikov, Owen Mehlenbacher, Maximilian Kilpinen, Trey Augustine, Brady Cleveland, Nate Danielson, Noah Dower Nilsson, Larry Keenan, Jack Phelan, Kevin Bicker, Rudy Guimond, Max Plante, Gabriel Seger, Landon Miller, John Whipple, Charlie Forslund, Austin Baker, Fisher Scott, Eddie Genborg, Nicklas Andrews, Michal Pradel, Michal Svrcek, Brent Solomon, Nikita Tyurin, Will Murphy, Grayden Robertson-Palmer

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Final Preseason Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Detroit Red Wings 6 Final/OT Preseason Game page

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