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Ottawa Senators vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Scotiabank Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 29–29

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Recap

Halliday's third-period winner lifts Senators past Maple Leafs

The Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena. The Senators grabbed the lead in the first on Thomas Chabot's first of the season at 18:51, with Claude Giroux and Shane Pinto drawing assists.

Toronto flipped the game in the second. Auston Matthews tied it at 0:33 of the period, and Kirill Marchenko put the Maple Leafs ahead on the power play at 7:06. Michael Amadio answered for Ottawa at 12:40 to even it at 2-2, and Stephen Halliday struck at 9:46 of the third with the winner, completing Ottawa's comeback from a one-goal deficit.

Chabot finished with a goal and an assist and was named the first star, while Giroux collected two assists as the second star. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 of 29 in the loss. Ottawa moved to 1-0-0, while Toronto fell to 1-2-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Ottawa SenatorsOTT111329
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR020229

Three stars

  1. ★1st starThomas ChabotOTT · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starClaude GirouxOTT · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starKirill MarchenkoTOR · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:14

1–0 · 1st 18:51 · Chabot. Rielly was 1:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceTOR on ice

1–0 OTT

1st 18:51 · Chabot

Long shift: Rielly 1:14

1–1 TOR

2nd 0:33 · Matthews

Giroux 0:33

1–2 TOR

2nd 7:06 · PP · Marchenko

Matinpalo 0:39

2–2 OTT

2nd 12:40 · Amadio

Tavares 0:44

3–2 OTT

3rd 9:46 · Halliday

Paul 0:40

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

OTTTOR
29Shots on goal29
57%Faceoff %43%
0/4Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes10
29Hits18
19Blocked shots10
15Giveaways19
1Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 2nd 06:40Claude Giroux · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 10:01Easton Cowan · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 14:44Kirill Marchenko · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 17:48Tim Stützle · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Easton Cowan · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Shane Pinto · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 02:52Tyler Kleven · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 07:46Kirill Marchenko · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 09:52Jack Roslovic · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 14:20William Eklund · interference2 min

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