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Balanced scoring attack leads Sharks to 6-2 victory over Senators

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Wallace, L. (2026, October 23). Balanced scoring attack leads Sharks to 6-2 victory over Senators. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/balanced-scoring-attack-leads-sharks-to-6-2-victory-over-senators/article_1870cc8f-21e0-5ac3-b7ee-8d4118dfdbd2.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-23 · by Lisa Wallace

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The San Jose Sharks secured their first regulation win of the season with a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators in an NHL game played on October 23, 2026. Colin Graf led the way for San Jose with one goal and one assist, while Nolan Allan, Tyler Toffoli, Jacob Trouba, Zack Ostapchuk, and Ivar Stenberg also scored goals. Yaroslav Askarov made 39 saves in net for the Sharks, who improved their record to 6-4-1. For Ottawa, Tim Stutzle and Jordan Spence scored the only two goals; Samuel Ersson had 23 saves but remains winless with the team. The Senators placed goalie Linus Ullmark on injured reserve after he suffered a lower-body injury in the previous game.

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📰 San Jose Sharks Beat Ottawa Senators
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Who wrote this

Lisa Wallace
15 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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🔮 Takeaways Senators: Ottawa lacked the intensity it played with Wednesday against the Panthers and couldn’t bury its chances. Sharks:
2026-10-23 · assertive framing · Balanced scoring attack leads Sharks to 6-2 victory over Senators
🔮 Being able to compile wins now when they’re still missing top-pair defenceman Jake Sanderson and are without winger William Eklund for at least another 10-12 weeks is rewarding.
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OTTAWA San Jose Senators Sharks The San Jose Sharks

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OTTAWA GPE · 5× Senators ORG · 3× San Jose GPE · 2× Sharks ORG · 2× Colin Graf PERSON · 1× Jacob Trouba PERSON · 1× Nolan Allan PERSON · 1× The San Jose Sharks ORG · 1× Tyler Toffoli PERSON · 1× the Ottawa Senators ORG · 1×

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The Senators pulled Ersson while on the power play with under four minutes remaining but Ostapchuk took advantage of a giveaway and scored an empty-net goal.
framing: assertive · carried by 2 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-23
🔮 Takeaways Senators: Ottawa lacked the intensity it played with Wednesday against the Panthers and couldn’t bury its chances. Sharks:
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San Jose Sharks dump Ottawa Senators 6-2 · assertive framing
2026-10-23 · Toronto Star
Balanced scoring attack leads Sharks to 6-2 victory over Senators · assertive framing

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The San Jose Sharks picked up their first regulation win of the season Thursday night with a 6-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. asserted
Sharks → pick → Senators
Colin Graf led the way with a goal and an assist. asserted
Graf → lead → goal
Nolan Allan, Tyler Toffoli, Jacob Trouba, Zack Ostapchuk and Ivar Stenberg also scored for the Sharks (6-4-1). asserted
Allan → score → Sharks
Yaroslav Askarov stopped 39 shots. asserted
Askarov → stop → shots
Tim Stutzle and Jordan Spence tallied for the Senators (7-4-0). asserted
Stutzle → tally → 0
Samuel Ersson, who made 23 saves, remains in search of his first win with Ottawa. asserted
who → make → Ottawa
Ottawa placed Linus Ullmark on injured reserve Thursday after he suffered a lower-body injury a night earlier. asserted
he → place → injury
Spence scored at 6:24 of the third period to make it a two-goal game. asserted
it → score → period
The Senators pulled Ersson while on the power play with under four minutes remaining but Ostapchuk took advantage of a giveaway and scored an empty-net goal. asserted
Ostapchuk → pull → goal
Stenberg added a second empty-netter to round out the scoring. asserted
Stenberg → add → scoring
Takeaways Senators: Ottawa lacked the intensity it played with Wednesday against the Panthers and couldn’t bury its chances. Sharks: asserted
it → lack → chances
San Jose played a solid road game and capitalized on its opportunities. asserted
Jose → play → opportunities
Key Moment Toffoli broke a 1-1 tie at the halfway mark of the second period by getting a shot through traffic from the point on the power play. asserted
Toffoli → break → play
Up next Senators: Ottawa will host the New York Rangers on Saturday. asserted
Ottawa → host → Saturday
Sharks: San Jose travels to Boston to take on the Bruins on Saturday. asserted
Jose → travel → Saturday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published October 22, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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