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Senators 3, Maple Leafs 2: Halliday's third-period goal beats Toronto Discussion

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FINAL: Senators 3, Maple Leafs 2 (Oct 3, Scotiabank Arena). Goals by period: OTT 1-1-1, TOR 0-2-0. Shots: OTT 9-4-16 (29), TOR 10-14-5 (29). Scoring: Chabot (OTT) 1st 18:51; Matthews (TOR) 2nd 0:33; Marchenko (TOR, PP) 2nd 7:06; Amadio (OTT) 2nd 12:40; Halliday (OTT) 3rd 9:46.

Ottawa beat Toronto 3–2 in regulation on Oct. 3. Halliday scored the winner in the third after Matthews and Marchenko put the Leafs up 2–1 in the second.

Ottawa took the season-series opener at Scotiabank Arena, 3–2 in regulation. The Senators scored first and last. Toronto's two goals came inside the first eight minutes of the second period. The shots finished 29–29, but the flow was lopsided each way: Toronto outshot Ottawa 14–4 in the second, and Ottawa outshot Toronto 16–5 in the third.

How the goals went

1st period

OTT 1, TOR 0 – Tyson Chabot, 18:51 (even strength, wrist shot). Ottawa scored with 1:09 left in the first. Claude Giroux and Stefan Pinto assisted. Sergei Bobrovsky was in net for Toronto. Watch

2nd period

1–1 – Auston Matthews, 0:33 (even strength, tip-in). Toronto tied it 33 seconds into the second. Morgan Rielly and William Nylander assisted. Watch
TOR 2, OTT 1 – Kirill Marchenko, 7:06 (power play, backhand). Giroux took a slashing minor at 6:40, with Rielly drawing it. Toronto scored 26 seconds later. Dennis Raddysh and John Tavares assisted. This was Toronto's only power-play goal on four chances. Watch
2–2 – Michael Amadio, 12:40 (even strength, wrist shot). Ottawa tied it five-on-five. Tim Stützle and Chabot assisted, which gave Chabot a goal and an assist. Watch

3rd period

OTT 3, TOR 2 – Shane Halliday, 9:46 (even strength, snap shot). This was the game-winner. Filip Zetterlund and Giroux assisted. Toronto took a tripping minor six seconds later, at 9:52. Watch

There was no empty-net goal, no overtime and no shootout.

Other notes

Power play: Toronto went 1-for-4 and Ottawa 0-for-4. Each side took 10 PIM.
Three stars: Chabot (D, OTT, 1G 1A), Giroux (OTT, 2A) and Marchenko (TOR, 1G).
Goalies: Linus Ullmark got the win for Ottawa. Bobrovsky took the loss.
Team totals: Ottawa won 57% of faceoffs and had 29 hits to Toronto's 18. Toronto had 19 giveaways to Ottawa's 15.
Season series: Ottawa leads 1–0. The next meeting is Jan. 20 in Ottawa.

Official recap video: NHL.com 3-minute recap · Condensed game · Event summary

Source: NHL API data via the leafs-nhl-stats skill. Goal-by-goal context uses only that data.

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