🍁 Away Maple Leafs 15-13-5 before this game

2–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 12-12-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	1	1	2
DET	3	1	0	4

Maple Leafs at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Maple Leafs 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on December 26, 1986.

🗓 Fri, Dec 26, 1986 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Basil Mcrae

2 A

3rd star 🐙 DET

Tim Higgins

1 G

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Shawn Burr Go-ahead 1st · 02:50

Assists: Basil Mcrae

0–1

🐙 Steve Yzerman 1st · 03:07

Assists: Doug Shedden, Lee Norwood

0–2

🐙 Tim Higgins 1st · 14:41

Assists: Ric Seiling, Basil Mcrae

0–3

2nd period

🐙 Mike O'connell PP 2nd · 14:14

Assists: John Ogrodnick, Steve Yzerman

0–4

🍁 Ken Yaremchuk 2nd · 15:13

Assists: Steve Thomas, Brad Smith

1–4

3rd period

🍁 Rick Lanz PP 3rd · 01:24

Assists: Russ Courtnall

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR DET🐙

23 Shots on goal 28

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

40 Penalty minutes 36

TOR shooting 8.7% (2/23) DET shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Allan Bester

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 56:47 TOI

Ken Wregget

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 03:07 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Greg Stefan

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–3

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–4

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

Nov 26, 1986

🍁TOR @ 🐙DET

3–1 · Maple Leafs won

Nov 15, 1986

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

0–6 · Maple Leafs won

Nov 1, 1986

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

0–2 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs DET, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Red Wings on December 26, 1986?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Red Wings?

The final score was Maple Leafs 2, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Ken Yaremchuk, Rick Lanz.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Mike O'connell, Shawn Burr, Steve Yzerman, Tim Higgins.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Allan Bester made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Greg Stefan made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Red Wings season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 23

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 23

Also on December 26, 1986

Maple Leafs season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule