The Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings 5-2 in Todd McLellan’s coaching debut in Detroit

DETROIT – Mitch Marner’s third career hat trick spoiled Todd McLellan’s debut as Detroit manager as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the struggling Red Wings 5-2 on Friday night.

David Kampf scored his first goal of the season in his 500th career game and Nicolas Robertson also scored for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares had two assists and Joseph Woll made 23 saves.

Derek Lalonde was fired by Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on Thursday and replaced by McLellan, who previously coached San Jose, Edmonton and Los Angeles.

Lucas Raymond and Simon Edvinsson scored third-period goals for Detroit, which has lost four straight. Cam Talbot started and conceded five goals on 21 shots, and Alex Lyon started the third period and finished with two saves.

Marner scored two even-strength goals and another on the power play in the first two periods.

Maple Leafs star forward Auston Matthews was sidelined for the third straight game with an upper body injury.

Takeaways

Maple Leafs: Their strong offense allowed them to bounce back from home losses to the New York Islanders and Winnipeg. Toronto has scored at least five goals in each of its last four wins.

Red Wings: In Lalonde’s final game as head coach, they were booed off the ice in a 4-0 loss to St. Louis on Monday. The coaching change didn’t immediately attract attention.

Key moment

Tavares provided the highlight of the game when he collected a rebound and delivered a behind-the-back pass between the legs to set up Marner’s first goal. That gave Toronto a 2-0 lead at 8:16 of the first period.

Key statistics

Tavares has 54 points in 39 career games against the Red Wings.

Next

The Maple Leafs host Washington on Saturday and the Red Wings host Washington on Sunday.