Senators pounce on Leafs early, win 5-2

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators had a dominant recreation towards their provincial rivals Saturday evening beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2.

The Senators (36-24-9) dominated play from begin to end, scoring the sport’s first three objectives.

Anthony Stolarz was anticipated to get the beginning however took a puck to the throat throughout warm-ups and was despatched to hospital for precautionary imaging placing Joseph Woll again in motion. Woll confronted 36 pictures in a 4-3 additional time loss to Carolina Friday evening.

Trailing 3-1 to start out the third the Leafs (29-29-13) made it shut with a aim by Easton Cowan.

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The Senators regained the two-goal lead halfway via the interval when Michael Amadio, together with his twelfth, tucked in a Jordan Spence rebound. On an odd-man rush Dylan Cozens discovered Ridly Greig within the slot and he beat Woll, who stopped 39 pictures.

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Linus Ullmark made a giant glove save on Matias Maccelli early within the second to protect Ottawa’s 1-0 lead.

The Senators made it 2-0 halfway via the interval when Claude Giroux grabbed a Tyler Kleven rebound and backhanded it previous Woll.

Warren Foegele made it 3-0 with simply over two minutes remaining when his shot deflected off Benoit, however 21 seconds later John Tavares accomplished the give-and-go with Cowan and beat Ullmark below the arm.

Ottawa opened the scoring at 14:58 of the primary with a power-play aim. Tim Stutzle stepped into the faceoff circle and wristed a shot clear previous Woll.

Morgan Rielly missed the sport and is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body damage.

TAKEAWAYS

Senators: The Senators examined Woll usually and had good net-front presence to leap on rebounds.

Leafs: Toronto struggled with Ottawa’s forecheck within the second interval and have been held to 5 pictures.

KEY STAT

John Tavares tallied his 519th profession aim to cross Dale Hawerchuk (518) for forty first place on the NHL’s all-time checklist.

UP NEXT

Maple Leafs: Go to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

Senators: Go to the New York Rangers on Monday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed March 21, 2026.