Red Wings left wing Adam Erne, left, tries to keep Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Kasperi Kapanen off the puck during the first period Saturday in Detroit. (AP photo)

With the game tied at 1, the Maple Leafs’ Kasperi Kapanen flipped the puck up the ice, and Mikheyev appeared to have a step on Detroit defenseman Madison Bowey as the two chased it. Howard came well out of his net, hoping to beat Mikheyev to the puck, but the rookie forward got there first, stickhandled to his left and shot into the empty net with 29.5 seconds left in the period.

Nicholas Shore, Alexander Kerfoot, Jake Muzzin and Trevor Moore also scored for the Maple Leafs. Jacob de la Rose and Darren Helm scored for Detroit.

Toronto’s Auston Matthews and Detroit’s Anthony Mantha, who entered the night with six goals apiece, were both held without a point, although Mantha had a partial breakaway stopped by goalie Frederik Andersen in the second.

Fresh off a 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay two days earlier, the Maple Leafs fell behind 1-0 when de la Rose capped a busy shift in the Toronto zone by knocking in a rebound while falling to the ice in front of the net.

Red Wings center Valtteri Filppula moves the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday in Detroit. (AP photo)

Helm scored in the third, beating Andersen with a wrist shot from the slot.