TORONTO — The good news is, it’s only exhibition. Nothing matters but health.

The bad news is, in their first and only real dress rehearsal for opening night, the 2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs left several issues to clean up before their debut.

“Lots, obviously,” Morgan Rielly said Thursday, following a 3-1 defeat at Scotiabank Arena to the Detroit Red Wings. “If you look at our game tonight, I thought it was just sloppy.

“We turned it over too many times, and they were able to come through with speed and control. So, there’s lots of areas to work on.”

The scoreboard was gentle to the home team. So was the scheduling of the Yankees–Red Sox rubber match, which distracted Toronto sports fans still in the throes of baseball fever.

Goaltender Anthony Stolarz — who mixed a couple 10-bellers

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