Marner scores a natural hat trick, the Maple Leafs move past the Red Wings

Detroit (13-18-4) has lost four straight. Cam Talbot made 16 saves on 21 shots before being replaced by Alex Lyon in the third period. Lyon stopped the two shots he faced.

“From a coaching perspective, it was exciting to be back there, but we still have a lot of work to do – that’s pretty obvious,” said McLellan, who replaced Derek Lalonde on Thursday. “This game gives us a roadmap – we know where we will start in training tomorrow.

“It doesn’t take a hockey expert to see that some of our entry coverages and D-zone portions of the game need to be fixed.”

Toronto took a 1-0 lead at 2:29 when Kampf scored his first goal of the season and the 44th of his career in his 500th NHL game.

Marner made it 2-0 at 8:16, using a blind pass from Tavares between his legs for his eleventh goal of the season.

“The way the game was going, I was pretty sure he was going to be there,” Tavares said. “I just wanted to play quickly before they could reset the defense.”

Marner gave Toronto a 3-0 lead at 19:28, scoring on a cross-ice pass from William Nylander while Lucas Raymond sat in the box.

“It’s great to score a hat trick, but the first two goals only came from great passes from my teammates,” Marner said. “I’m just trying to get some rest and take advantage of the opportunities they present.”

Marner completed his natural hat trick at 16:23 of the second period by redirecting Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s shot past Talbot.