TORONTO - Darren Helm and Patrick Eaves led the way with a goal and two assists each as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in NHL pre-season action Saturday.

Justin Abdelkader and Tomas Tatar also scored and Ty Conklin stopped 20 shots in goal for the win.

John-Michael Liles and Joey Crabb replied for the Leafs. James Reimer made 22 saves in a shaky start in net.

The Wings went 3-for-6 on the man advantage and took the back end of a home-and-home series with the Leafs after losing 4-3 in overtime Friday night in Detroit.

Toronto went 1-for-4 on the power play and finished the pre-season with a record of 4-4-0. Detroit went 3-3-1.

Abdelkader opened the scoring at 12:29 of the first period. After Matt Lashoff got caught pinching inside the Wings blue-line, Helm sprung Abdelkader in alone who roofed a wrist shot over Reimer's blocker arm.

Detroit made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 17:30. Helm picked up Brad Stuart's point shot off the end boards, slipped away from Keith Aulie and beat Reimer to the far post with a wraparound goal.

But the Leafs struck back quickly, halving the Wings' lead a little over a minute later. With former Leaf Garnet Exelby off for boarding, Mikhail Grabovski won the draw to Kulemin who fed Liles at the point.

Liles backpedalled into the middle of the ice and fired a slapshot that deflected off a Red Wing defender past Conklin just six seconds into the power play.

Grabovski left the game after the first period and didn't return.

Detroit restored its two-goal lead with another power-play goal 2:47 into the second period . With Armstrong off with his second penalty of the game, Eaves shook off Jake Gardiner in front, grabbed the rebound off Niklas Kronwall's point shot and tucked the puck around Reimer's outstretched right leg.

But Toronto struck back quickly again at 4:12. Armstrong flipped a backhand in front and Crabb kicked it up to his forehand then slipped it past Conklin.

At 10:13, Detroit made it a two-goal game again with its third power-play marker. With Keith Aulie off for hooking, Eaves picked up another Kronwall point shot in front, but this time dished to Tatar who was alone at the side of the goal for the easy tap in.

The teams went scoreless in a sluggish third period with just eight shots on goal in total.

The Leafs begin the 2011-12 regular season Thursday night at home against the Montreal Canadiens. Detroit hosts the Ottawa Senators Friday.

Notes: Clarke MacArthur began serving his three-game suspension for his hit on Abdelkader Friday night in Detroit...Carl Gunnarsson was a late scratch for Matt Lashoff who faced his brother Brian with the Wings...Announced attendance was 19,027.