Raymond's 100th career goal lifts Red Wings past Maple Leafs, 6-3

DETROIT (AP) — Lucas Raymond scored twice, including the 100th goal of his career, and the Detroit Red Wings pulled away to a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Raymond's milestone goal broke a 3-all tie at 6:45 of the third period. He scored on a slap shot off a pass from Patrick Kane during a power play.

Kane had a goal and two assists. Marco Kasper, Simon Edvinsson and Andrew Copp also scored, while Emmitt Finnie notched his first career point with an assist on Raymond's first goal. Alex DeBrincat added three assists.

Cam Talbot made 20 saves and also had an assist on Edvinsson's empty-netter.

Nicolas Roy, Calle Jarnkrok and Max Domi had Toronto's goals. Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves.

Domi's goal during a four-on-four tied the game at 3 early in the third period.

Edvinsson and Copp sealed the victory with empty-net goals.

The Red Wings scored three unanswered goals in the second period to take a 3-2 lead. Kasper put the Red Wings on the board before Raymond tied it off a slot pass from Larkin. DeBrincat's cross ice pass set up Kane's go-ahead goal with 1:50 remaining in the period.

Stolarz made 13 saves in the first period while Toronto's fourth line provided the offense. Jarnkrok scored at 2:27 into a wide-open net after Roy passed a rebound of a Chris Tanev shot. Roy made it 2-0 when he redirected Morgan Reilly's shot from the point.

The teams face each other again, this time in Toronto, on Monday.

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Toronto Maple Leafs center Dakota Joshua, right, shoots near Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Toronto Maple Leafs center Calle Jarnkrok, right, celebrates with, from left to right, defenseman Chris Tanev, center Nicolas Roy, and defenseman Jake McCabe after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Matthew Knies, right, and Detroit Red Wings defenseman Ben Chiarot (8) chase the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, right, vies for the puck against Detroit Red Wings defenseman Simon Edvinsson during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly controls the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez is set Thursday to deliver her first state of the union speech, addressing an anxious country as she navigates competing pressures from the United States – which toppled her predecessor less than two weeks ago – and a government loyal to former President Nicolás Maduro.

The speech comes one day after Rodríguez said her government would continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro in what she described as “a new political moment” since his ouster by the United States earlier this month.

In her address to the National Assembly, which is controlled by the country's ruling party, Rodríguez is expected to explain her vision for her government, including potential changes to the state-owned oil industry that U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to reinvigorate since Maduro’s seizure.

On Thursday, Trump was set to meet at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by Maduro. But in endorsing Rodríguez, who served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, Trump has sidelined Machado.

After acknowledging a Tuesday call with Trump, Rodríguez said on state television that her government would use “every dollar” earned from oil sales to overhaul the nation’s public health care system. Hospitals and other health care facilities across the country have long been crumbling, and patients are asked to provide practically all supplies needed for their care, from syringes to surgical screws.

The acting president must walk a tightrope, balancing pressures from both Washington and top Venezuelan officials who hold sway over Venezuela's security forces and strongly oppose the U.S. Her recent public speeches reflect those tensions — vacillating from conciliatory calls for cooperation with the U.S., to defiant rants echoing the anti-imperialist rhetoric of her toppled predecessor.

American authorities have long railed against a government they describe as a “dictatorship,” while Venezuela’s government has built a powerful populist ethos sharply opposed to U.S. meddling in its affairs.

For the foreseeable future, Rodríguez's government has been effectively relieved of having to hold elections. That's because when Venezuela’s high court granted Rodríguez presidential powers on an acting basis, it cited a provision of the constitution that allows the vice president to take over for a renewable period of 90 days.

Trump enlisted Rodríguez to help secure U.S. control over Venezuela’s oil sales despite sanctioning her for human rights violations during his first term. To ensure she does his bidding, Trump threatened Rodríguez earlier this month with a “situation probably worse than Maduro.”

Maduro, who is being held in a Brooklyn jail, has pleaded not guilty to drug-trafficking charges.

Before Rodríguez’s speech on Thursday, a group of government supporters was allowed into the presidential palace, where they chanted for Maduro, who the government insists remains the country’s president. “Maduro, resist, the people are rising,” they shouted.

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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez makes a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez after making a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)