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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.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
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.
Written for “Senators Vs Maple Leafs Opening Game” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 5 other(s) covering the same event.
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.
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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).
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Chabot → provide → Ottawa
Claude Giroux added two assists.
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Giroux → add → assists
Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko replied for Toronto (1-2-0).
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Matthews → reply → Toronto
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots.
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Bobrovsky → stop → shots
Chabot opened the scoring with 68 seconds left in an even first period.
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Chabot → open → period
The Ottawa defenceman joined the rush and fired a rebound past Bobrovsky after Giroux tipped Shane Pinto’s initial shot.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Senators → split → schedule
Ottawa defenceman Jake Sanderson didn’t return after appearing to aggravate a nagging injury in the opening period.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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penalty → swat → sticking
KEY STAT
Toronto centre John Tavares donned a Maple Leafs jersey for the 600th time in the regular season.
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Tavares → don → season
The 36-year-old is the 25th player in franchise history to reach the milestone.
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old → reach → milestone
Maple Leafs: Host the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2026.
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report → host → Press
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