Game 17: Red Wings 3, Toronto 1

Toronto, ON (11/22/69)- Bruce MacGregor's power play goal four minutes into the third period snapped a 1-1 tie and the Red Wings bounced back from a bad loss in Montreal to down the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1, in Maple Leaf Gardens.

Wayne Connelly added an insurance tally at 9:38 to help seal the victory for Detroit (9-5-3), which is 3-1-1 on a six-game road trip that concludes in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

"Very pleased with the effort tonight," said Red Wings coach Sid Abel. "Bruce was Johnny-on-the-spot," Abel added about MacGregor's goal, in which he pounced on a loose puck in front of the net and buried it past Toronto goalie Bruce Gamble.

Roger Crozier stopped 33 of 34 Toronto shots to improve to 6-2-2 this season. He was especially sharp late in the third period, when the Maple Leafs buzzed the Detroit net.

"Roger was terrific," Abel said. "He has been from opening night."

Toronto opened the scoring when Bob Pulford tallied a power play goal at 5:18 of the first period, just 25 seconds after Ron Harris was whistled off for holding.

Gary Monahan scored his first goal of the season at 7:20 to tie the game.

The Red Wings are now 4-4-2 on the road.

"You have to win on the road in the National league," MacGregor said. "The boys really responded tonight. We didn't like how we played in Montreal."

DET 1-0-2 = 3
TOR 1-0-0 = 1

1st Period
TOR- Pulford (Keon, Quinn) 5:18
DET- Monahan (Baun, McCann) 7:20

2nd Period
No scoring

3rd Period
DET- MacGregor (Stemkowski, Popiel) PPG 3:52
DET- Connelly (Harris, Popiel) 9:38

Shots on Goal
DET 13-11-12 = 36
TOR 10-8-16 = 34

Goalies
Crozier (DET); Gamble (TOR)

Power Plays
DET 1-for-5; TOR 1-for-3

Penalty Minutes
DET 8; TOR 12

Fights
None