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TORONTO (AP) – The Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs
have been playing each other for 75 years, and the all-time series
is tied.
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Jonas Hoglund scored with 44 seconds left in regulation as the
Maple Leafs and Red Wings skated to a 3-3 tie Saturday night.
Detroit and Toronto have played 633 games, and after the Red Wings'
win on Thursday night and Saturday's tie, the series between the
Original Six teams is tied 270-270-93.
"That's amazing," Detroit's Darren McCarty said. "No one is
up. Over six hundred games and we're still tied."
Nathan Dempsey and Steve Thomas also scored for the Leafs, who
overcame a 3-1 deficit
Toronto lost 2-1 to Detroit on Thursday
"Either game could have gone either way," Thomas said.
With Toronto goalie Curtis Joseph on the bench for an extra
attacker, Mats Sundin skated behind the net, passed to Hoglund, who
flicked the puck over goalie Chris Osgood's shoulder.
"It was a big goal," Hoglund said. "We battled back and
showed a lot of character"
Kris Draper, Sergei Fedorov and Steve Duchesne scored for
Detroit.
"Too bad we didn't have another overtime to settle it," Wings
coach Scotty Bowman said.
Osgood made 32 saves for the Red Wings, while Curtis Joseph
stopped 31.
Draper, a Toronto native, tipped in Todd Gill's shot from the
point, giving Detroit a 1-0 lead 1:07 into the game. But Fedorov
wired a slap shot past Joseph with 34 seconds left in the first.
Nicklas Lidstrom assisted on the power-play goal.
Dempsey scored a power-play goal early in the second, but
Duschene's slap shot over the shoulder of Joseph made it 3-1.
Toronto's Gary Roberts made a centering pass to Thomas, who
redirected it past Osgood later in the second period, bringing the
Leafs closer.
Game notes
The teams have played 23 playoff series against each
other, with the Leafs winning 12 and Detroit winning 11. ... The
Leafs have won consecutive games just once in 2001, and have only
seven wins in their last 17 games. ... Fedorov has 25 goals. ...
Dempsey has seven points in 12 games since being called up Feb. 5.
... Many of the 19,379 in attendance were Detroit fans. ...
Toronto's Igor Korolev will miss at least a week with a back
sprain.
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Pittsburgh 5
New Jersey 4
Florida 7
Atlanta 3
Boston 6
Tampa Bay 2
Montreal 5
NY Islanders 3
Buffalo 2
Ottawa 1
Detroit 3
Toronto 3
Columbus 3
Nashville 2
St. Louis 4
Colorado 3
Calgary 4
Vancouver 1
Washington 4
Los Angeles 3
San Jose 3
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