Oct 4, 2008 - 10:29 PM
TORONTO (Ticker) -- Daniel Cleary scored two goals, including one late in the third period to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.
Jan Mursak and Nicklas Kronwall also scored goals for Detroit, which also posted a 5-3 triumph over Toronto on Friday.
The Red Wings led 3-1 after Mursak and Kronwall each scored in the second period. Toronto rallied in the final session to tie the game on goals by Jason Blake and Mikhail Grabovski.
Blake scored 43 seconds into the third period and just over two minutes later Grabovski forged a 3-3 tie with a power-play goal.
Cleary answered 35 seconds later when he tipped a pass into the slot by Ville Leino past Toronto goaltender Curtis Joseph.
Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood made 23 saves.
From the Bleachers
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DETROIT: 4
TORONTO: 3
Final
Oct 4 9:28 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 4
TORONTO 3
3RD PRD: DET - DANIEL CLEARY 3 (VILLE LEINO, ANDREAS LILJA) 3:31
Oct 4 9:01 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 3
TORONTO 3
3RD PRD: TOR - (PP) MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI 4 (JIRI TLUSTY, NIKLAS HAGMAN)
2:53
Oct 4 9:00 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 3
TORONTO 2
3RD PRD: TOR - JASON BLAKE 2 (NIK ANTROPOV, ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY) 0:43
Oct 4 8:57 PM -
DETROIT: 3
TORONTO: 1
End of 2nd
Oct 4 8:38 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 3
TORONTO 1
2ND PRD: DET - (PP) NIKLAS KRONWALL 1 (VILLE LEINO, MARIAN HOSSA)
18:52
Oct 4 8:36 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 2
TORONTO 1
2ND PRD: DET - JAN MURSAK 1 (CORY EMMERTON) 4:32
Oct 4 8:12 PM -
DETROIT: 1
TORONTO: 1
End of 1st
Oct 4 7:45 PM -
CORRECTION
NHL DETROIT 1
TORONTO 1
1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) JASON BLAKE 1 (NIK ANTROPOV, TOMAS KABERLE) 11:32
Oct 4 7:37 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 1
TORONTO 2
1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) JASON BLAKE 2 (NIK ANTROPOV, TOMAS KABERLE) 11:32
Oct 4 7:31 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 1
TORONTO 1
1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) JASON BLAKE 1 (NIK ANTROPOV, TOMAS KABERLE) 11:32
Oct 4 7:30 PM -
NHL
DETROIT 1
TORONTO 0
1ST PRD: DET - DANIEL CLEARY 2 (DARREN HELM, BRAD STUART) 4:38
Oct 4 7:16 PM