Overview
- - Leafs PR said starter Anthony Stolarz took a puck to the throat in warmups and went to hospital for precautionary imaging before being released to travel back with the team.
- - Joseph Woll was pressed into a second straight start one night after coach Craig Berube publicly said, “we need a save,” in the OT loss to Carolina.
- - Ottawa won 5-2 on goals from Tim Stützle, Claude Giroux, Warren Foegele, Michael Amadio and Ridly Greig, with Easton Cowan and John Tavares scoring for Toronto.
- - The Senators controlled the shot clock 43-14, including a 19-5 second period, as Linus Ullmark stopped 12 of 14 for Ottawa.
- - The victory moved Ottawa to 36-24-9 and tightened its Eastern playoff chase, while injury-hit Toronto — without Auston Matthews and with Morgan Rielly day-to-day — continued its post-Olympic slide; Tavares recorded career goal No. 519 to pass Dale Hawerchuk for 41st all-time.