An injury to Steven Lorentz has opened the door wide open for Easton Cowan to make his NHL debut on Monday afternoon when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Detroit Red Wings.

Lucas Raymond left Monday’s game for the Detroit Red Wings with an apparent injury. The team released a statement during the game that the forward will not return to the lineup. UPDATE: Lucas Raymond (upper body injury) will not return to today's game.

Larkin scored the Red Wings’ first goal of their Centennial season when he unloaded Patrick Kane’s behind-the-goal-line feed from the right face-off circle on the power play to make it 1-0 just 3:50 into the first period. Mortiz Seider collected the secondary assist.

The Red Wings take on a Maple Leafs team that is poised to make another run to the postseason, despite some personnel changes. Gone is the dynamic playmaker Mitch Marner, but Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares lead a talented core into the new campaign. The Leafs beat Montreal in their home opener on Wednesday.

Detroit's Michael Brandsegg-Nygård and Montreal's Lane Hutson headline Best Bets options for Thursday's season opener between the Red Wings and Habs.

DETROIT -- Going into this past weekend, the Detroit Red Wings’ 2025-26 preseason roster was at 25 players – 14 forwards, nine defensemen and two goaltenders. But by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, the deadline that NHL clubs must submit their first active rosters of the campaign, that number must be trimmed to 23.

"Probably exceeded our expectations, all three of them," said Yzerman in a brief chat with beat writers before Thursday's game. "They've earned the opportunity and let's see if they can sustain it in the regular season. It was a very pleasant surprise."