Detroit defender Nicklas Lidstrom tries to pull Toronto's Nik Antropov off Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood in the second period.

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DETROIT — The Toronto Maple Leafs watched the Detroit Red Wings hoist the Stanley Cup banner to the rafters, then they put a damper on the celebration.

Pavel Kubina, Dominic Moore and Nikolai Kulemin scored, lifting the Maple Leafs to a 3-2 win Thursday night in the opener for both teams.

Vesa Toskala made 35 saves — and stood strong against a power play in the final 30 seconds — to help Ron Wilson win his first regular-season game behind Toronto's bench.

Detroit coach Mike Babcock was wary of how his players would play after a pregame ceremony that put an 11th Stanley Cup banner in the Joe Louis Arena rafters.

The Red Wings got off to a solid start, controlling the puck, but the Maple Leafs scored first to stunt their momentum.

Kubina rushed the net and was in the perfect place to score when goaltender Chris Osgood tried to clear the puck after it went toward him off teammate Niklas Kronwall's stick with 25 seconds left in the first period.

Moore scored on a goal-mouth scramble early in the second, then Tomas Holmstrom answered 1:24 later with his first of two goals.

Kulemin gave Toronto another two-goal cushion at 7:25 of the third period when he took advantage of Dan Cleary's giveaway by flipping a shot past Osgood. But Holmstrom responded again with another goal 2 minutes later on an assist from Marian Hossa in his Detroit debut, bringing the Red Wings within a goal and brining a sold-out crowd to its feet.

Toskala made enough saves in the final minutes to seal the victory.

● Bruins 5, Avalanche 4: In Denver, David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining, and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting Boston to a win in both teams' season opener.

Blake Wheeler had a goal in his first NHL game and Patrice Bergeron, playing in his first game in nearly a year, had an assist on Phil Kessel goal for the Bruins. Michael Ryder also scored and Tim Thomas stopped 35 shots.

● Sharks 4, Ducks 1: In San Jose, Calif., Jonathan Cheechoo scored two goals, Evgeni Nabokov took a shutout into the final minutes and Todd McLellan won his NHL head coaching debut.

● Canucks 6, Flames 0: In Vancouver, British Columbia, Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Canucks to a season-opening thrashing of Calgary.

● The Coyotes traded center Mike Zigomanis to the Pittsburgh Penguins for future considerations.

The 27-year-old Zigomanis had 14 goals and nine assists in 75 games for the Coyotes in 2006-07, but had just two goals and one assist in 33 games last season. He was placed on waivers last week, went unclaimed and was assigned to San Antonio in the AHL.

● Clint Malarchuk, the former NHL goalie and current Blue Jackets goalie coach best known for having his jugular vein slashed by a skate in a 1989 game with Buffalo, is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the chin with a rifle.

Wife Christy told sheriff's deputies that the .22-caliber rifle discharged after her husband placed the butt on the ground between his legs. He had been shooting rabbits.

● The Blue Jackets have placed center Manny Malhotra on injured reserve with what the team termed a "lower body" injury and recalled right wing Derek Dorsett from their American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.