The senators will not disappear in the battle of Ontario.
Linus Ullmark made 27 salvages for the first whitish playoffs of his career when Ottawa beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Tuesday to reduce the deficit in the first round of the teams to 3-2.
Thomas Chabot and Dylan Cozens gave the senators a 2-0 advantage before Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk added empty goals for Ottawa, which once again obtained the elimination after obtaining a 4-3 victory in extra time in game 4 at home on Saturday. Tkachuk and Stutzle added two assists each for three -point performances.
Anthony Stolarz stopped 15 shots for the leaves.
Only four NHL teams have returned from a 3-0 deficit to win a series: the 1942 Leafs, the 1975 islanders, the 2010 Flyers and the 2014 Kings.
Game 6 goes on Thursday in the capital of the nation in Canadian Tire Center.
Toronto, who beat Ottawa four times in a period of five playoffs in the early 2000s, fell to 1-13 in the potential clinch games series in the Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner era that dates back to the 2018 playoffs. That lonely victory came in a first-round win over the Lightning of Tampa Bay two years ago.
The Leafs took the first game of this series against their provincial rival 6-2 before the consecutive overtime victories 3-2 led them to a 3-0 advantage. Meanwhile, the senators obtained their first victory in the playoffs since 2017 in the extra time of Saturday that maintained their season.
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Ottawa opened the scoring at 3:46 of the second period on Tuesday in a Chabot Point Shot that made his way beyond Stolarz through traffic after a victory in the offensive zone for the first goal of the Playoffs of the defense.
Toronto, with a lot of postseason luggage, including an advantage of the 3-1 series in the 2021 playoffs against the Montreal Canadiens, seemed disarticulated since the period that was happening before the local team finally began to push inside a tense sand of Scotiabank.
Ullmark had to be acute in an opportunity to Marner in the tight of senators Fabian Zetterlund hit the side of the Stolarz network with the goalkeeper fighting.
The Leafs striker, Steven Lorentz, had an excellent opportunity in a 2 against Jarnkrok street, but could not end in a yawn cage.
Stolarz made a great stop on Tkachuk from the slot at the beginning of the third to keep Toronto depressed for only one.
The Leafs obtained a power play later in the period when Ridy Greig unnecessarily addressed Marner along the tables.
The senators, however, broke on the other side and Cozens scored the first at 8:24 when he received a pass from Adam Gaudette in a 2 against 1 and shot Stolarz when Ottawa scored short hand for the second time in so many games against an advantage of five front.
Matthews, who arrived at OT post on Saturday with the series in his stick, found Iron again with five minutes for the regulation before Stutzle seal him on the empty network with 2:51 to play.
Ottawa had a great opportunity two minutes from the first when Toronto Morgan Riely defense had to eliminate a goal from the goal line.
Giroux plays its 100th NHL career playoff game
John Tavares got a getaway for the local team after intercepting a pass, but Ullmark was there to quell his effort.
The Leafs went to the power game and Matthews had a couple of good looks, while the first advantage of the senators saw defender Chris Tanev tied Drake Batherson with Stolarz to his mercy.
Matthews adapts after omitting Monday’s practice to rest more. The 27 -year -old superstar center wasted time at the beginning of this season with an unleashed injury from the upper body.
Senators striker Claude Giroux, a member of the 2010 Flyers team who deleted a 3-0 hole against the Boston Bruins, played the 100 playoff game of his NHL career. The 37 -year -old entered with 29 goals and 55 assists for 84 points in 99 postseason competitions.
