The Detroit Red Wings earned a desperately needed victory by figuring out how to hold onto a third-period lead. Trevor Daley scored a tiebreaking, short-handed goal midway through the second period and Detroit went on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday night. Game Wrap: Leafs drop third-straight in loss to Red Wings1:39Jimmy Howard had 25 saves for the slumping Red Wings. "It was getting tougher and tougher every day with that many losses," said Tomas Tatar, who scored Detroit's third goal. DeKeyser pulled the Red Wings into a tie early in the first and Tatar's power-goal goal gave them a two-goal cushion they needed.

Source: CBC News December 16, 2017 03:19 UTC