Detroit — The Detroit Red Wings’ second game of the season worked out a lot better than the first one.

Lucas Raymond’s power-play goal broke a tie, and Simon Edvinsson and Andrew Copp scored empty-net goals, giving the Wings a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, soothing some of the sting of Thursday’s ugly loss to Montreal.

Trailing 2-0 after one period, things weren’t looking good for the Wings. But they showed some perseverance, rebounding after the opening 20 minutes, not to mention a disappointing loss in Thursday’s season opener to Montreal.

“It speaks volumes with the group for what we went through the last of couple of days,” said Patrick Kane, who had a goal and two assists. “Not being at the top of our game (Thursday) and not having a great start, but to bounce back being down 2-0 and come out of the second up 3-2.

“It’s two games into the season but we proved we can turn the corner when we face adversity.”

Raymond’s power-play goal, his second goal of the game and 100th of his career, broke a 3-3 tie at 6:45. Kane found Raymond alone for a one-timer near the hashmarks, restoring the Wings’ lead.

“It did not come out the way we wanted to (Thursday) and that’s far from the way we want to play,” Raymond said. “We cleaned up a lot of stuff and the way we looked tonight, even down 2-0, it was a good 60 minutes of hockey.”

Raymond wasn’t aware of his milestone, but was thankful of it.

“It’s fun, I didn’t know about it, but it’s cool,” Raymond said. “You don’t take that stuff for granted. It’s always fun to score, so I look to keep that going.”

BOX SCORE: Red Wings 6, Maple Leafs 3

What coach Todd McLellan liked to see was the way the Wings responded after Thursday’s fiasco.

“We were a lot more resilient,” McLellan said. “Going down 2-0, them scoring on their first shot on goal, was not part of the plan. At that point, we had given up (six) straight goals, so talk about being mentally tough. We didn’t roll over, and woe is us, we dug in a little bit and that was a good sign.

“We played with more pop and energy and we were connected. Sometimes the first night does that to you. We settled in.”

The way the Wings have responded to challenges, since McLellan took over in December, has impressed the veteran coach.

“When they’ve been challenged, they do find ways,” McLellan said. “It’s just you can’t challenge them 82 times a year. It’s those other times, just them coming to the rink and getting ready to play without us poking or prodding them. We have to get good in those areas. The days or nights we challenged them last year, they responded. There were a lot of challenges, and they answered the bell.

“Tonight was another one. But you can’t, as a coach, do that 82 times so you want to learn to self-challenge and they will.”

Toronto’s Max Domi tied the score at 3 at 2:38. With the teams skating four skaters each, Domi skated down wing, cruised into the slot and snapped a shot that trickled past goaltender Cam Talbot. But Raymond’s goal, on a nice feed from Kane, put the Wings in front for good.

Marco Kasper, Raymond and Kane scored second-period goals, erasing a 2-0 Toronto lead.

“We had a decent start in the first and you find yourself down 2-0,” Kane said. “It’s disappointing but it speaks volumes with the group to bounce back.”

Alex DeBrincat had three assists, while Talbot stopped 20 shots.

Calle Jarnkrok and Nicolas Roy had first-period goals for Toronto.

The teams play again Monday in Toronto on Canadian Thanksgiving (2 p.m.).

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