Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 2025 · Little Caesars Arena
SNO · FDSNDET
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in overtime on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Maple Leafs 36-27.
Goals came from Matthew Knies, Moritz Seider, Nick Robertson, Mason Appleton and Simon Edvinsson.
Cam Talbot made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dennis Hildeby stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Matthew Knies (10)Auston Matthews (12), John Tavares (19)1–004:25 TOR · PPG
Moritz Seider (7)Lucas Raymond (31)McCabe 1:47 into shift1–119:01 DET
3rd period
Nick Robertson (8)John Tavares (20)Chiarot 1:09 into shift2–104:53 TOR
Mason Appleton (4)Michael Rasmussen (7), Albert Johansson (5)2–205:16 DET
OT period
Simon Edvinsson (5)Unassisted2–301:46 DET
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–1 · 2nd 19:01 · Seider. McCabe was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 TOR
2nd 4:25 · PP · Knies
Copp 0:28
1–1 DET
2nd 19:01 · Seider
Stuck out there: McCabe 1:47
2–1 TOR
3rd 4:53 · Robertson
Long shift: Chiarot 1:09
2–2 DET
3rd 5:16 · Appleton
Ekman-Larsson 0:33
2–3 DET
OT 1:46 · Edvinsson
Matthews 0:44
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 03:29
Ben Chiarot · tripping2 min - 2nd 09:31J.T. Compher · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:14
Bobby McMann · holding the stick2 min - 3rd 10:14Moritz Seider · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:14Bobby McMann · roughing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 23Matthew KniesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 22:01 |
| 89Nick RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:54 |
| 11Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 18Steven LorentzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 24Scott LaughtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 53Easton CowanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 55Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 63Matias MaccelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 74Bobby McMannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 81Dakota JoshuaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 22Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:48 |
| 28Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 51Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dennis HildebyG | O | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 61:46 |
| 60Joseph WollG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 22Mason AppletonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:08 |
| 23Lucas RaymondL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 27Michael RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 20Albert JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 53Moritz SeiderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:24 |
| 77Simon EdvinssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 25:57 |
| 18Andrew CoppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:29 |
| 29Nate DanielsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:42 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 58Emmitt FinnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:51 |
| 92Marco KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:25 |
| 93Alex DeBrincatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:36 |
| 25Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 44Axel Sandin-PellikkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36John GibsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Cam TalbotG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 61:46 |