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Halliday scores winner, Senators top Maple Leafs

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Digital, G. (2026, October 4). Halliday scores winner, Senators top Maple Leafs. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12086885/halliday-scores-winner-senators-top-maple-leafs/

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Stephen Halliday scored the winning goal late in the third period as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for Ottawa, which started its season with a win. Thomas Chabot, playing his first game as captain after Brady Tkachuk's departure, contributed a goal and an assist. The Maple Leafs saw Kirill Marchenko score in his debut following the blockbuster trade from Columbus but remain at 1-2 to start their season.
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On Saturday night, the Ottawa Senators opened their NHL season with a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto. Thomas Chabot scored and added an assist in his first game as captain, while Stephen Halliday provided the winning goal late in the third period. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for Ottawa, which improved to 1-0. The Maple Leafs' Kirill Marchenko, acquired from Columbus Blue Jackets a day before the season started, and Auston Matthews scored for Toronto, dropping them to 1-2. Jake Sanderson left the game with an injury early in the first period for Ottawa.

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Maple Leafs Ottawa Senators TORONTO the Ottawa Senators

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Ottawa GPE · 4× Maple Leafs ORG · 3× Senators ORG · 3× TORONTO GPE · 3× Bobrovsky PERSON · 2× Chabot PERSON · 2× Halliday PERSON · 2× Marchenko PERSON · 2× Linus Ullmark PERSON · 1× Stephen Halliday PERSON · 1×

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Matthews tied things 33 seconds into the second when he redirected Morgan Rielly’s point shot before Marchenko — acquired a day before the season from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a blockbuster deal — backhanded his first past Ullmark on a power play after taking a pass from Darren Raddysh at 7:06.
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Stephen Halliday scored the winner in the third period and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves as the Ottawa Senators downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night. asserted
Senators → score → night
Thomas Chabot, with a goal and an assist in his first game as captain, and Michael Amadio provided the rest of the offence for Ottawa (1-0-0). asserted
Chabot → provide → Ottawa
Claude Giroux added two assists. asserted
Giroux → add → assists
Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko replied for Toronto (1-2-0). asserted
Matthews → reply → Toronto
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots. asserted
Bobrovsky → stop → shots
Chabot opened the scoring with 68 seconds left in an even first period. asserted
Chabot → open → period
The Ottawa defenceman joined the rush and fired a rebound past Bobrovsky after Giroux tipped Shane Pinto’s initial shot. asserted
Giroux → join → shot
Matthews tied things 33 seconds into the second when he redirected Morgan Rielly’s point shot before Marchenko — acquired a day before the season from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a blockbuster deal — backhanded his first past Ullmark on a power play after taking a pass from Darren Raddysh at 7:06. asserted
Marchenko → tie → 7:06
Amadio knotted the game again at 12:40 when he finished off a 2-on-1 break with Tim Stutzle before Halliday provided the winning margin at 9:46 third just as a penalty expired. asserted
penalty → knot → 9:46
The Maple Leafs split their first two games of the NHL season — a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens and 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders — while the Senators were the last team to start their schedule. asserted
Senators → split → schedule
Ottawa defenceman Jake Sanderson didn’t return after appearing to aggravate a nagging injury in the opening period. asserted
Sanderson → return → period
Chabot replaced Brady Tkachuk as captain after the bruising forward requested a trade and was dealt to the Florida Panthers in June. asserted
forward → replace → June
Associate coach Daniel Alfredsson, who played 17 seasons in Ottawa and spent the last three campaigns as an assistant, was behind the bench against his former team for the first time. asserted
who → play → time
KEY MOMENT Halliday swatted home a loose puck in Bobrovsky’s crease midway through the final period just as a Marchenko penalty of high-sticking expired. asserted
penalty → swat → sticking
KEY STAT Toronto centre John Tavares donned a Maple Leafs jersey for the 600th time in the regular season. asserted
Tavares → don → season
The 36-year-old is the 25th player in franchise history to reach the milestone. asserted
old → reach → milestone
Maple Leafs: Host the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2026. asserted
report → host → Press
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