Marner eclipses 500-point mark as Maple Leafs defeat Red Wings

Mitch Marner had one goal and an assist as he reached the 500-point milestone as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Saturday.

John Tavares, with two goals, and Pontus Holmberg also scored for Toronto (24-9-7), which snapped a two-game skid with its first win of 2023.

Ilya Samsonov made 22 saves in a bounce back effort after surrendering five goals in regulation and overtime in the Leafs' 6-5 shootout loss to St. Louis on Tuesday.

Jake Walman was the lone scorer for the Red Wings (16-15-7), who suffered their third straight loss.

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Magnus Hellberg stopped 25-of-28 shots he faced.

Tavares capped a run of four unanswered goals for Toronto with an empty-net marker at 18:21 of the final frame.

Holmberg gave the Leafs a two-goal advantage when he tipped in a Morgan Rielly point shot 6:19 into the third for his fourth of the season.

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Tavares scored the go-ahead goal 6:37 into the second when Calle Jarnkrok found him streaking down the middle of Detroit's zone between two defenders.

Marner knotted the contest just 24 seconds into the middle frame with a sharp-angled goal on a rebound from a Matthews point shot that went wide and off the boards behind the net.

Matthews was credited with an assist, allowing both players to extend their point streaks to four games.

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