By Joshua ClippertonThe Canadian Press
Posted April 17, 2025 9:37 pm
2 min read
TORONTO – Scott Laughton scored 56 seconds into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in the regular-season finale for both teams Thursday.
Auston Matthews, Philippe Myers and Chris Tanev had the other goals for Toronto (52-26-4). Joseph Woll stopped 31 shots. Mitch Marner had two assists.
Justin Holl, with a goal and an assist against his former team, Austin Watson and Alex DeBrincat replied for Detroit (39-35-8). Cam Talbot made 16 saves.
The game meant nothing in the standings with all eight NHL playoff matchups set.
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The Leafs won the Atlantic Division and will host the Ottawa Senators in Game 1 on Sunday. The Wings, meanwhile, missed the playoffs for a ninth consecutive campaign.
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Toronto, which is in the post-season for the ninth straight time, now heads into the league’s annual Stanley Cup tournament looking to win a series for just the second time in the league’s salary-cap era.
Holl was part of the Leafs’ organization from 2015 to 2023 before the defenceman signed with the Wings in free agency.
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Leafs: Head coach Craig Berube said following Thursday’s morning skate he expects injured defencemen Jake McCabe (undisclosed) and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (undisclosed), along with centre David Kampf (upper-body), to be available for Game 1.
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Wings: The club qualified for the playoffs over 25 consecutive seasons from 1990-91 through 2015-16 before its current dry run. The Buffalo Sabres are the only NHL club with a longer drought at 14 seasons.
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Tanev scored his third goal of the season with 1.8 seconds left in regulation to tie the game after Toronto trailed 3-1 entering the third period.
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The Leafs topped their division for just the third time in the league’s post-1967 expansion era, and the first time in a full season since 1999-00.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 17, 2025.
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