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.

torontosun.com / LEAF TAKEAWAYS: Special teams go into hiding at worst possible time

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...

torontosun.com / SIMMONS: Same old, same old Maple Leafs in lacking Stanley Cup desperation

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torontosun.com / Ineffective night for Auston Matthews line helps seal Maple Leafs’ Game 5 fate

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...

ottawacitizen.com / Takeaways: Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark is on the mark in Battle of Ontario

"I expect pure insanity. That's for sure," Captain Brady Tkachuk says of Game 6 on Thursday night in Ottawa.

torontosun.com / WARMINGTON: Maple Leafs loss means another rough night for team wearing blue

Not much for Maple Leafs fans to cheer for in Game 5, just like Tory supporters after federal election

cbc.ca / Senators beat Leafs to stave off elimination again, cut Battle of Ontario deficit to 3-2

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.

ottawacitizen.com / Ottawa Senators plant seed of doubt with huge Game 5 win in Battle of Ontario

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...

torontosun.com / Maple Leafs fail to finish off Senators again as series heads back to Ottawa

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...

citynews.ca / Ottawa Senators force Game 6 with 4-0 victory against the Maple Leafs

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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