Detroit Red Wing Mason Appleton (22) celebrates his game winning goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday in Toronto.

Despite a furious third-period comeback featuring two goals inside the final 7:29, Mason Appleton scored with 45 seconds remaining to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday afternoon.

The victory, coming less than 48 hours after Saturday’s 6-3 win in Detroit, ensured a Red Wings sweep of the home-and-home series, marking their first consecutive wins over the Maple Leafs since 2014.

Despite 41 shots on goal, Toronto could only beat Cam Talbot twice, with Matthew Knies, with his first of the season, and Calle Jarnkrok, with his third in three games, finding a way past the 38-year-old goaltender, who ended with 39 saves. In

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