{"id":516604,"date":"2026-03-22T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/516604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:59:05","slug":"senators-pounce-on-leafs-early-win-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/516604\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators pounce on Leafs early, win 5-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\tBy Lisa Wallace<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted March 21, 2026 9:56 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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OTTAWA \u2013 The Ottawa Senators had a dominant game against their provincial rivals Saturday night beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2.<\/p>\n

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The Senators (36-24-9) dominated play from start to finish, scoring the game\u2019s first three goals.<\/p>\n

Anthony Stolarz was expected to get the start but took a puck to the throat during warm-ups and was sent to hospital for precautionary imaging putting Joseph Woll back in action. Woll faced 36 shots in a 4-3 overtime loss to Carolina Friday night.<\/p>\n

Trailing 3-1 to start the third the Leafs (29-29-13) made it close with a goal by Easton Cowan.<\/p>\n

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The Senators regained the two-goal lead midway through the period when Michael Amadio, with his 12th, tucked in a Jordan Spence rebound. On an odd-man rush Dylan Cozens found Ridly Greig in the slot and he beat Woll, who stopped 39 shots.<\/p>\n

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Linus Ullmark made a big glove save on Matias Maccelli early in the second to preserve Ottawa\u2019s 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

The Senators made it 2-0 midway through the period when Claude Giroux grabbed a Tyler Kleven rebound and backhanded it past Woll.<\/p>\n

Warren Foegele made it 3-0 with just over two minutes remaining when his shot deflected off Benoit, but 21 seconds later John Tavares completed the give-and-go with Cowan and beat Ullmark under the arm.<\/p>\n

Ottawa opened the scoring at 14:58 of the first with a power-play goal. Tim Stutzle stepped into the faceoff circle and wristed a shot clean past Woll.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rielly missed the game and is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n

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TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Senators: The Senators tested Woll often and had good net-front presence to jump on rebounds.<\/p>\n

Leafs: Toronto struggled with Ottawa\u2019s forecheck in the second period and were held to five shots.<\/p>\n

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KEY STAT<\/p>\n

John Tavares tallied his 519th career goal to pass Dale Hawerchuk (518) for 41st place on the NHL\u2019s all-time list.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs: Visit the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Senators: Visit the New York Rangers on Monday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

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