Jeff Petry scored his first two goals of the season, including the one that put the Detroit Red Wings in control early in the third period, and his club held on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday.
In his 26th game of the season, the 37-year-old veteran defender opened his score in the tenth minute of the match.
The Wings’ No. 46 didn’t stop there: 1:51 into the third period, 44 seconds after the Leafs tied the game 2-2, Petry pounced on a loose puck near the semicircle. by Joseph Woll and did not miss the opportunity to give Detroit the lead again for the third time of the evening.
The third time was the good one, while Derek Lalonde’s men clung to this slim priority at the end of the game.
Lucas Raymond deposited the puck into an abandoned net with 1.6 seconds left on the scoreboard.
In the defeat, Toronto captain Auston Matthews scored his tenth goal of the campaign. His linemate Matthew Knies scored the other Leafs goal, while Mitch Marner had two assists.
Marner had the best opportunity to tie the game 3-3 in the final minutes, but his breakaway attempt was stopped by Ville Husso.
Before the game, the Wings honored veteran goaltender Cam Talbot, who recently played in his 500th NHL game.
Talbot was not in the lineup as he is recovering from a lower body injury. Jack Campbell was Detroit’s reserve goalkeeper for this meeting.
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