Yakemchuk scores in OT as Senators trip Leafs 6-5

TORONTO – Carter Yakemchuk’s extremity 2:37 into overtime allowed the Ottawa Senators to assertion a 5-4 NHL pre-season triumph implicit the Toronto Maple Leafs that astir got distant connected Sunday.

After a four-goal 3rd play lifted Toronto backmost into the contest, the Senators’ young defencemen sliced done the Leafs’ end, scoring the OT victor disconnected a nifty backhand.

Cole Reinhardt, Jan Jenik, Adam Gaudette, and Donovan Sebrango besides scored for Ottawa. Jenik besides chipped successful with 3 assists.

Mads Sogaard made 32 saves, playing the full crippled for the Senators who led 1-0 aft the archetypal play and 3-1 heading into the third.

William Nylander, Matthew Knies and Auston Matthews scored singles for the Maple Leafs (0-1-0), portion longtime Montreal forward, Max Pacioretty, scored doubly successful the last play for Toronto.

Nylander’s extremity astatine 19:38 of the 3rd tied the crippled astatine 5-5 and forced overtime.

Toronto’s Joseph Woll got the commencement successful nett and stopped 19 shots portion Matt Murray turned distant 8 successful relief.

Though the Leafs fought backmost successful the contest, they were held backmost by a dilatory commencement that saw Ottawa outshoot them 14-2 successful the archetypal period. Toronto’s onslaught stayed stagnant until sparked by Ryan Reaves successful the 2nd period. The seasoned dropped the gloves with Ottawa’s Donovan Sebrango astatine centre ice, rapidly taking the Ottawa youngster to the crushed with a fewer speedy punches and a push.

Just moments aft Reaves entered the punishment container successful beforehand of a roaring location crowd, Mitch Marner recovered Knies wide unfastened successful beforehand for a game-tying goal.

The Senators responded little than 2 minutes later, though, arsenic Reinhardt recovered a escaped puck amid a scramble successful beforehand and slid it into the net. Three antithetic Ottawa players had a whack astatine the puck earlier Reinhardt yet poked it past a sprawling Woll.

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Gaudette expanded Ottawa’s pb with a one-timer successful the 2nd play that bushed Woll conscionable beneath his glove. The Leafs pushed backmost successful the last frame, with Pacioretty starring the violative charge. The winger’s archetypal extremity came connected a deflection successful beforehand earlier giving Toronto the pb with a changeable from the apical of the ellipse that trickled done Sogaard and crossed the extremity line.

After the Senators cashed 2 much precocious goals to reclaim the lead, Nylander pushed things to overtime by scoring the equalizer with lone 22 seconds near connected the clock.

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This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Sept. 22, 2024.