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$2.50 a month.LoginBecome a Member TORONTO (AP) The Toronto Maple Leafs keep
winning at home ¨C even though they had to sweat a little in this one.Nazem Kadri
scored with 7:26 left in
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helping the Maple Leafs extend their club-record home winning streak to 13 games
with a 4-3 comeback victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.Kasperi
Kapanen, Connor Brown and William Nylander had the other goals for Toronto,
which also tied a franchise mark with its 45th win.¡±It was a fun game,¡± said
Frederick Andersen, who made 38 saves and tied a career high with his 35th win
of the season. ¡±A lot of different kinds of goals, but a fun game and obviously
a good win for us. We stepped up a little bit in the third.¡±The Maple Leafs, who
split a tough two-game road trip earlier this week against the Tampa Bay
Lightning and Nashville Predators, trailed 3-2 early in the third
period.¡±Detroit played really hard and made it hard on us,¡± Toronto coach Mike
Babcock said. ¡±We told our team before they were going to make it hard on
us.¡±Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi and Frans Nielsen scored for Detroit and Jimmy
Howard made 25 saves.We did tons of good stuff,¡± Detroit coach Jeff Blashill
said. ¡±There were large moments in the game (where) we carried the play.¡±The Red
Wings went ahead 3-2 at 4:58 of the third period when Nielsen snapped his 15th
short-side over Andersen¡¯s shoulder and off the camera inside the Toronto net
from a tight angle. The play was initially waved off for a goalie interference
charge against Detroit¡¯s Justin
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challenge.Nylander came back and tied it 2:29 later when he stole the puck from
Nick Jensen along the boards in the offensive zone and played a slick
give-and-go with Auston Matthews for his 16th.With the game tied, Kadri took a
pass from Patrick Marleau over the stick of sprawling Red Wings defenseman Luke
Witkowski on a 2-on-1 rush before scoring his 29th goal of the
season.¡±Unbelievable,¡± Kadri said of Marleau¡¯s pass. ¡±I knew when he took it to
his backhand there was a chance it was coming across. ¡ Unexplainable.
Obviously, he had the great vision to put it on my stick. I just tried to find a
lane for him to create that pass, but it was all him.¡±Kadri, 27, also marveled
at how the 38-year-old Marleau continues to excel at his age.¡±I don¡¯t know how
he does it,¡± Kadri said. ¡±I couldn¡¯t imagine when I¡¯m (almost) 40 years old how
I¡¯m going to feel. He always seems to contribute, and he¡¯s just got those great
genetics.¡±After Kadri put Toronto ahead, Andersen had a nervous moment with 3:36
to go when Gustav Nyquist¡¯s shot from outside the blue line went off his glove
and landed in the crease before he covered up.Down 1-0 after the first, the Red
Wings got even at 4:32 of the second when the speedy Larkin took a stretch pass
from Anthony
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shot and raced in alone before beating Andersen between his arm and his body for
his 12th.Detroit nearly went up 2-1 moments later when Martin Frk was awarded a
penalty shot after getting slashed by Toronto¡¯s Ron Hainsey on another
breakaway, but Andersen closed his pads on Frk¡¯s shot.Howard then robbed Andreas
Johnsson with a desperation glove save off the rush before the Red Wings went in
front when Bertuzzi tipped home his third at 9:37.Nielsen nearly made it 3-1 a
couple minutes later, but Andersen was there to make the stop from in
tight.Despite being outshot 17-4 in the period to that point, the Leafs tied it
at 14:19 when Brown scored his 14th ¨C and first in 15 games ¨C on a tip off the
post and in past Howard.Detroit survived a 36-second 5-on-3 power play by
Toronto midway through the first, but the Leafs eventually took the lead with
5:30 remaining in the period. Tyler Bozak fished out a loose puck in front
before firing a no-look pass to Kapanen, who scored his seventh, and third in
the last seven games.¡±Resilient teams find a way,¡± Kadri said. ¡±That¡¯s
definitely what we did tonight.¡±NOTES: Toronto¡¯s James van Riemsdyk assisted on
Kapanen¡¯s goal to give him 11 points in his last six games with eight goals and
three assists. ¡ Matthews, who returned to the lineup Thursday and was playing
at home for the first time since suffering a shoulder injury Feb. 22, had a
great chance in the opening minutes that Howard turned aside. ¡ Matthews missed
10 games before scoring in Toronto¡¯s 5-2 victory in Nashville on Thursday. ¡ The
Leafs¡¯ last home loss was Jan. 22 against Colorado.UP NEXTRed Wings: at Montreal
on Monday night.Maple Leafs: host Buffalo on Monday night.