The Leafs fell behind early in their Thursday night game and ended up losing to the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime despite staging a third period rally to tie the game to and salvage a point. The outing marked the return of William Nylander to the lineup after the forward missed the first 28 games of the season while negotiating a new contract.
The Good
- Kasperi Kapanen opened the scoring in the game, finishing a tic-tac-toe passing play with Jake Gardiner and Andreas Johnsson
- With the Leafs trailing 4-1 in the third period, John Tavares, Zach Hyman and Johnsson scored consecutively in a span of 8:58 to even the score.