Final
OTT at TOR game report
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Scotiabank Arena
Senators beat the Maple Leafs 3–2 and earned it, out-chancing them 4.8–3.2 in expected goals.
Team comparison
- 2Goals3
- 3.24Expected goals4.75
- 2.335-on-5 expected goals2.74
- 17High-danger chances15
- 29Shots on goal29
- 68Shot attempts54
- 505-on-5 shot attempts32
- 7:20Power-play time8:34
5-on-5 shares for TOR: 61.0% of shot attempts, 45.9% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| TOR at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 41:23 | 50–32 | 2.33–2.74 | 1–3 |
| Power play | 7:20 | 11–17 | 0.76–1.71 | 1–0 |
| Shorthanded | 8:34 | 1–1 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 2:43 | 6–4 | 0.16–0.30 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as TOR–OTT. “Power play” means TOR had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark OTT | 27/29 | .931 | 3.24 | +1.24 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky TOR | 26/29 | .897 | 4.75 | +1.75 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingMaple Leafs6.2Senators5.8
| ★Top three of the night: Thomas ChabotDOTT | 8.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27:06 | 54.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Darren RaddyshDTOR | 7.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:46 | 72.7 |
| ★Top three of the night: Auston MatthewsFTOR | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:50 | 57.1 |
| Claude GirouxFOTT | 7.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18:17 | 46.7 |
| Sergei BobrovskyGTOR | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | — | 58:50 | — |
| Michael AmadioFOTT | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 | 53.6 |
| Morgan RiellyDTOR | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:23 | 58.8 |
| Shane PintoFOTT | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20:27 | 53.6 |
| Fabian ZetterlundFOTT | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:06 | 63.6 |
| William NylanderFTOR | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:25 | 57.7 |
| Stephen HallidayFOTT | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 | 42.9 |
| Linus UllmarkGOTT | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Kirill MarchenkoFTOR | 6.6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 | 58.3 |
| Tim StützleFOTT | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:51 | 36.0 |
| John TavaresFTOR | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:03 | 57.1 |
| Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 68.6 |
| Colton SissonsFTOR | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:24 | 73.7 |
| Easton CowanFTOR | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 | 81.8 |
| Bo GroulxFTOR | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:22 | 60.0 |
| Nick PaulFTOR | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 | 71.4 |
| Chris TanevDTOR | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 | 60.0 |
| Jack RoslovicFTOR | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 | 51.9 |
| Gavin McKennaFTOR | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 | 61.9 |
| Troy StecherDTOR | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:10 | 52.8 |
| Jake McCabeDTOR | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 | 50.0 |
| Teddy BluegerFTOR | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 | 53.8 |
| Brandon DuhaimeFTOR | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:51 | 50.0 |
| William EklundFOTT | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:16 | 41.2 |
| Drake BathersonFOTT | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 | 37.0 |
| Warren FoegeleFOTT | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 40.0 |
| Jordan SpenceDOTT | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 | 43.2 |
| Nikolas MatinpaloDOTT | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 | 35.7 |
| Carter YakemchukDOTT | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 | 25.0 |
| Jake SandersonDOTT | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:29 | 18.2 |
| Tyler KlevenDOTT | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:43 | 28.6 |
| Dylan CozensFOTT | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 | 7.7 |
| Nick CousinsFOTT | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:21 | 6.3 |
| Hayden HodgsonFOTT | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:10 | 7.1 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Maple Leafs
Forward lines
- Roslovic – Matthews – Marchenko8:10 · 11–7 · xG 0.3–0.2
- Sissons – Paul – Cowan6:30 · 12–2 · xG 0.7–0.1
- Tavares – Nylander – McKenna6:08 · 9–4 · xG 0.4–0.4
- Blueger – Duhaime – Groulx4:49 · 4–4 · xG 0.0–1.0
Defence pairs
- Rielly – Raddysh12:11 · 17–7 · xG 0.7–0.6
- Tanev – McCabe11:42 · 6–6 · xG 0.4–0.2
- Ekman-Larsson – Stecher11:17 · 17–10 · xG 0.8–0.8
Senators
Forward lines
- Giroux – Amadio – Pinto7:46 · 10–9 · xG 0.3–0.3
- Foegele – Batherson – Stützle6:40 · 4–10 · xG 0.1–0.6
- Zetterlund – Cozens – Eklund6:14 · 1–3 · xG 0.1–0.1
- Cousins – Hodgson – Halliday4:01 · 0–11 · xG 0.0–0.3
Defence pairs
- Chabot – Spence8:06 · 11–7 · xG 0.7–0.2
- Kleven – Matinpalo6:45 · 2–6 · xG 0.1–0.1
- Sanderson – Yakemchuk2:12 · 0–7 · xG 0.0–0.4
Three stars
- ★T. ChabotOTT · 1G 1A
- ★★C. GirouxOTT · 0G 2A
- ★★★K. MarchenkoTOR · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 18:51OTT T. Chabot (from C. Giroux, S. Pinto)1–0
Period 2
- 00:33TOR A. Matthews (from M. Rielly, W. Nylander)1–1
- 07:06TOR K. Marchenko pp (from D. Raddysh, J. Tavares)1–2
- 12:40OTT M. Amadio (from T. Stützle, T. Chabot)2–2
Period 3
- 09:46OTT S. Halliday (from F. Zetterlund, C. Giroux)3–2