HAMILTON—The Maple Leafs lost their second pre-season game in as many nights on Friday, 2-1 to the Red Wings — who lost forward Ben Street when a skate accidentally cut him in the neck.

Street was involved in a collision along the boards in the second period and the skate of Leaf Justin Holl made contact near his throat. He immediately grabbed his neck with his gloved hand and left the ice, under his own power, before being taken to a local hospital.

After the game, Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said the 29-year-old Street would stay in hospital overnight for precautionary reasons.

“He had a deep cut there,” Blashill said. “He left the arena in stable condition, but he’ll stay in hospital overnight. I’d say it’s precautionary at this point, and he should be okay.

“Any time you see a guy come off the ice right away like that, it’s (scary),” Blashill added.

The Leafs didn’t play many of their front-liners and ran into a hot goalie in Detroit regular Jimmy Howard. Jhonas Enroth — the backup to Frederik Andersen in the Leafs’ goalie mix — was also excellent in a low-scoring, hard-checking affair.

Leafs coach Mike Babcock praised the performances of Enroth and Peter Holland, but not much else, in his post-game press conference.

The teams meet again Saturday night in Detroit to wrap up the exhibition schedule. The Leafs are then expected to take Sunday off while final roster cuts are made, ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season opener in Ottawa.

Rookie Evgeny Svechnikov had both goals for the Wings, while Brendan Leipsic scored for Toronto.

The Wings outshot the Leafs 26-19 and took advantage of Toronto’s poor puck management, especially in the first two periods.

“We were a little too sloppy in our own zone,” said Leafs defenceman Frank Corrado. “We have to execute better, too. We let them come at us most of the game.”

Leafs forward Nazem Kadri and James van Riemsdyk didn’t skate Friday but were expected to play Saturday night. Tyler Bozak, who took part in the morning skate for the first time since an undisclosed injury early in the week, is also expected to see action in Motown.