Jeff Petry scored his first two goals of the season as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday night.
Petry hadn’t scored since April 11 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Meanwhile, goaltender Ville Husso earned his first win in over a year. Husso, who made 23 saves, had a record of 0-4-2 this season before Saturday’s game.
Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond also scored for the Red Wings, who won just their second game in the past eight. Raymond added an empty-net goal for his 10th goal in his last 12 games.
Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies scored for Toronto, and Joseph Woll made 22 saves.
Both teams missed power-play chances in the first period. The Red Wings took the lead at 9:07 when Petry fired a wrist shot from the right point that went past a screened Woll. Joe Veleno and Christian Fischer assisted on the goal.
The Maple Leafs seemed to tie the game with just under seven minutes left in the first period when Mitch Marner scored. However, the Red Wings challenged the play, and the goal was ruled offside.
Toronto scored on their second power play of the game with 8:20 left in the second period. With Jonatan Berggren in the penalty box for cross-checking, Matthews fired a slap shot from the right side past Husso. Matthews now has 18 goals in 25 career games against Detroit.
Detroit regained the lead with 17.8 seconds remaining in the second period. Andrew Copp passed across the ice to Seider, who shot the puck over Woll’s left pad. Patrick Kane also assisted on the goal.
The Maple Leafs tied the game again at 1:07 of the third period when Knies redirected a Marner shot, which went past Husso.
Petry put the Red Wings back in front 44 seconds later, scoring on a rebound from a J.T. Compher shot to make it 3-2.
Raymond sealed the win for Detroit with a goal in the final seconds.
