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Senators open season with a 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs

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The Associated Press. (2026, October 4). Senators open season with a 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/senators-open-season-with-a-3-2-victory-over-the-maple-leafs/article_27231ce9-8268-563e-a105-83c3cfe7d6d0.html

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In their season opener, the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night. Stephen Halliday scored the game-winning goal late in the third period, while Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for Ottawa. The Maple Leafs were led by Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko, who each scored a goal, but Sergei Bobrovsky could not secure the win despite stopping 26 shots.

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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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Topics

Ottawa TORONTO The Maple Leafs the Ottawa Senators the Toronto Maple Leafs

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Ottawa GPE · 2× TORONTO GPE · 2× Auston Matthews PERSON · 1× Claude Giroux PERSON · 1× Linus Ullmark PERSON · 1× Michael Amadio PERSON · 1× Stephen Halliday PERSON · 1× Thomas Chabot PERSON · 1× the Ottawa Senators ORG · 1× the Toronto Maple Leafs ORG · 1×

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TORONTO (AP) — Stephen Halliday broke a tie at 9:46 of the third period, Linus Ullmark made 27 saves and the Ottawa Senators opened the season with a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

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2026-10-04 · Toronto Star

Senators open season with a 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs · assertive framing

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Senators → break → night

Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist in his first game as captain, and Michael Amadio provided the rest of the offense for Ottawa. asserted

Amadio → have → Ottawa

Claude Giroux added two assists. asserted

Giroux → add → assists

Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko scored for Toronto, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots. asserted

Bobrovsky → score → shots

Chabot opened the scoring with 1:08 left in the first period. asserted

Chabot → open → period

The Ottawa defenseman joined the rush and fired a rebound past Bobrovsky. asserted

defenseman → join → Bobrovsky

Matthews tied it 33 seconds into the second when he redirected Morgan Rielly’s point shot. asserted

he → tie → shot

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 → acquire → 7:06

Amadio tied it again with 7:20 to go when he finished off a 2-on-1 break with Tim Stutzle. asserted

he → tie → Stutzle

Halliday provided the winning margin in the third just as a penalty expired. asserted

penalty → provide → third