Senators stun Maple Leafs in dramatic Game 5 playoff win
April 29, 2025, 10:20 pm
In a high-stakes Battle of Ontario, the Ottawa Senators delivered a masterful 4-0 shutout in Game 5 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The win, echoing with both grit and a touch of swagger, has set the stage for a tense Game 6 in Ottawa as elimination shadows the Leafs.
If there’s one team the Maple Leafs historically have no trouble closing out at playoff time, it’s the Ottawa Senators. But this is not the early 2000s anymore. These Sens aren’t folding, living to fight another day, another game, going at home again to the Canadian Tire Centre. With the Leafs’…
Toronto fails to finish off Sens -- again -- as series heads back to Ottawa
Late on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena, Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews mentioned not looking in the rearview mirror. The Leafs have little choice but to look ahead to Game 6 in the Battle of Ontario on Thursday night in Ottawa after failing to put the Senators away in Game 5. Still, the…
"I expect pure insanity. That's for sure," Captain Brady Tkachuk says of Game 6 on Thursday night in Ottawa.
Not much for Maple Leafs fans to cheer for in Game 5, just like Tory supporters after federal election
The Senators won't go away in the Battle of Ontario. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the first playoff shutout of his career as Ottawa edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Tuesday to cut the deficit in the teams' first-round matchup to 3-2.
SENATORS 4, LEAFS 0 Toronto leads series 3-2 The Ottawa Senators have planted the all-important seed of doubt in the Battle of Ontario. Facing elimination for the second time against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Senators refused to go quietly into the night with a 4-0 victory over their arch-rivals…
This has been a bad week for any blue team with a big lead trying to take over Ottawa. But moving from the political arena to the rink, it’s the Maple Leafs who’ve given the Senators another life, dropping Game 5 by a 4-0 score on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena. That leaves the Senators down…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have failed to close out their opening round series for a second time after losing 4-0 to the Ottawa Senators in Game 5. The series will shift back to Ottawa for Game 6 on Thursday. Toronto leads 3-2 in the opening round series. More to come
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