Matthews scores twice, leads Leafs past Red Wings

WILD-CARD GLANCE

DETROIT >> Auston Matthews scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday night.

Matthews’ second goal of the night at 18:51 of the third period gave Toronto a 5-3 lead, but proved to be the winner when Detroit’s Mike Green tallied with 44.2 seconds left in regulation.

With two goals and an assist, Matthews tied Peter Ihnacak’s Leafs rookie points record of 66, set in 1982-83.

James Van Riemsdyk scored with 2:36 left in the third period to snap the 3-3 tie and put the Leafs ahead for good. Van Riemsdyk slipped a backhander past Detroit’s Jimmy Howard.

Mitchell Marner and William Nylander also scored for the Leafs, who moved into a secondplace tie in the Atlantic Division with Ottawa.

Gus Nyquist, Nick Jenson and Niklas Kronwall had the other goal for the Red Wings. STARS 3, HURRICANES 0 >> Jason Spezza scored, Kari Lehtonen earned his third shutout of the season and Dallas beat Carolina.

John Klingberg and Devin Shore added empty-netters and Lehtonen stopped 25 shots in his second shutout in six starts to help the Stars snap a two-game losing streak and deal a serious blow to the Hurricanes’ already slim playoff chances. PREDATORS 3, WILD 0 >> Filip Forsberg and Kevin Fiala scored 10 seconds apart late in the second period, and Nashville beat Minnesota. BRUINS 5, PANTHERS 2 >> David Krejci score after a poor clearing attempt by Florida goaltender Reto Berra, lifting Boston over the Panthers and helping it maintain an edge for a playoff spot heading into the regular season’s final week.

Patrice Bergeron scored twice, Brad Marchand got his teamleading 39th goal and Noel Acciari also scored for the Bruins, who moved one point ahead of Toronto for third in the Atlantic Division. The Maple Leafs played later Saturday. CANADIENS 2, LIGHTNING 1 >> Alexander Radulov scored 51 seconds into overtime to lift Montreal over Tampa Bay.

Phillip Danault also scored and Carey Price stopped 21 shots for the Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens.

Radulov scored from the right circle on the game-winner.

Yanni Gourde scored for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 34 saves.