Red Wings beat Maple Leafs 3-1 for desperately needed win
DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings earned a desperately needed victory by figuring out how to hold onto a third-period lead.
Trevor Daley scored a tiebreaking, short-handed goal midway through the second period and Detroit went on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday night.
Jimmy Howard had 25 saves for the slumping Red Wings. They had won only one of their previous 11 games, losing the previous two games after having a one-goal lead in the final period.
“It was getting tougher and tougher every day with that many losses,” said Tomas Tatar, who scored Detroit’s third goal. “Hopefully, we will turn it around and build off this.”