Mitch Marner had his first career four-goal game to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 10-7 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday in a wild offensive game.
Marner also picked up two assists in the first game since 2011 to feature 17 goals combined.
Lucas Raymond had two goals and Filip Hronek had a goal and three assists for Detroit.
After Toronto held a 7-2 lead going into the third, Detroit mounted a furious comeback, scoring four goals in the first 5:21 of the third to make it 7-6 Maple Leafs.
Toronto briefly quelled the rally with 12:56 remaining on a goal by Ilya Mikheyev, but Detroit made it 8-7 with 12:15 left in the game on a goal by Raymond.
However, Toronto's Ondrej Kase scored a backbreaking short-handed goal with 9:27 remaining to make it 9-7 Maple Leafs.
Marner then added his fourth goal of the game with 4:19 remaining to give Toronto a 10-7 lead.
Toronto jumped on Detroit from the start, taking a 2-0 lead 6:18 into the game.
First, William Nylander fired a shot from the right face-off circle underneath the crossbar to make it 1-0 Toronto with 16:08 remaining in the first period.
Michael Bunting then took a neat backhand pass from Justin Holl behind the net and shoved the puck with his backhand into the goal with 13:42 remaining in the first to give Toronto a 2-0 lead.
With 9:27 left in the first, Detroit cut Toronto's lead to 2-1 when Raymond scored on a shot in-between the face-off circles.
But Toronto answered just 33 seconds later, taking a 3-1 lead when David Kampf tipped home a point shot by Mikheyev.
Toronto continued its offensive onslaught in the second, taking a 4-1 lead just 33 seconds into the period on a goal by Marner, who fired an innocent looking shot from the right face-off circle that hit the skate of Detroit defenseman Carter Rowney and went in.
Marner then scored two more goals, one with 15:47 remaining in the second and another with 10:41 to go in the second, to complete a natural hat trick and give Toronto a 6-1 lead.
--Field Level Media
Toronto | Detroit | |
Mitchell Marner 6 | Points | Filip Hronek 4 |
Mitchell Marner 4 | Goals | Lucas Raymond 2 |
Michael Bunting 4 | Assists | Filip Hronek 3 |
N/A | Power Play Goals | N/A |
Ondrej Kase 1 | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Jack Campbell .800 | Save Percentage | Alex Nedeljkovic .760 |
Jack Campbell 20 | Saves | Alex Nedeljkovic 19 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Toronto | 39 | 10 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 6 | 33 |
Detroit | 33 | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 23 |