Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1. John Tavares scored twice, including an empty-netter with 1:30 to go, for Toronto.

Mitch Marner scored and had an assist to extend his point streak to seven games, Morgan Rielly had two assists and Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves for the Maple Leafs (8-5-2), who have won two in a row. Dylan Larkin scored, and Cam Talbot made 17 saves for the Red Wings (6-6-1), who had won their previous two.

Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews will miss his second consecutive game Friday night, sitting out Toronto's clash with the visiting Detroit Red Wings because of an upper-body injury.