Recap - Red Wings Defeat Toronto 4-2

Recap - Red Wings Defeat Toronto 4-2

The Red Wings earned a 4-2 victory over the Maple Leafs on Saturday at Joe Louis Arena.

Detroit was favored by -190 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Todd Bertuzzi, Tomas Holmstrom, Jiri Hudler, and Henrik Zetterberg each scored for the Red Wings in the victory. Zetterberg opened the scoring for Detroit, finding the back of the net at 5:05 of the first period. The goal was assisted by Nicklas Lidstrom and Jiri Hudler.

Jimmy Howard turned in a 15-save effort for the Red Wings.

Toronto got goals from Joffrey Lupul and Nazem Kadri in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Toronto got a 25-stop effort from James Reimer in the loss.

On the power play, Detroit went 2-for-2, while the Maple Leafs were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Toronto lost the shots on goal battle to Detroit by a margin of 29-24.

Next game, Detroit takes its act home to face Chicago looking for another win. For Toronto, they head home to face Buffalo.