61 m. ago Pressure could be shifting in Ottawa Senators’ favour as they find belief

With the pressure shifting, the Senators are finding strength in the struggles of their own journey to the playoffs

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78 m. ago Overtime vibes or not, Maple Leafs look to close out Ottawa Senators any way they can

If ever a pre-game overtime aura has enveloped the Maple Leafs, it has been ahead of Game 5 against Ottawa on Tuesday night. Three straight games in this series have gone to an extra period and this date and circumstance certainlyis significant for Toronto. April 29, 1978, was Lanny McDonald’s memorable 2-1 OT series-clinching goal […]

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2 h. ago ’51st governor has some moves’: Internet reacts to Mark Carney’s ‘elbows up’ victory dance

'Nobody in real life dances like that'

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4 h. ago Do the Maple Leafs have the killer instinct to finish off the Senators?

WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Off The Post, Toronto SUN Sports Columnist Steve Simmons, Postmedia Hockey Columnist Bruce Garrioch, and Postmedia’s Rob Wong break down the first-round series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators. They talk about the recent history of the Maple Leafs coming up short in series-clinching games and […]

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19 h. ago Maple Leafs seek to ‘go out and enjoy it’ as they attempt to oust Sens

Closing time is here again for the Maple Leafs. For a change, they would love to wander off into the night on Tuesday with the knowledge of having eliminated the Ottawa Senators in Game 5 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It certainly would be preferable to the alternative: Heading […]

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21 h. ago Bad blood is building between Senators and Maple Leafs in Battle of Ontario

There were some more fireworks off the ice in the Battle of Ontario on Monday. As the Senators and Maple Leafs prepared for Game 5 of the series on Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre, the good people in Toronto weren’t the least bit pleased with Ottawa defenceman Artem Zub. Centre John Tavares was […]

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21 h. ago John Tavares and Maple Leafs not happy with no call on Artem Zub hit, but move on

John Tavares feels good. Other than a bit of soreness in his jaw and cheek, the Maple Leafs veteran reported nothing serious in the past few days after he was rocked on a hit thrown by Ottawa Senators defenceman Artem Zub in overtime of Game 4 on Saturday night. Tavares wasn’t thrilled that no penalty […]

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22 h. ago Claude Giroux trying to help Senators complete a reverse sweep in Battle of Ontario

Gioux was part of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010 when they came back from 3-0 to beat the Boston Bruins in seven games.

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25 h. ago Toronto Maple Leafs' biggest star conspicuously absent from practice ahead of huge game

The Toronto Maple Leafs were without their biggest star at Monday morning's practice.Though the Leafs are officially citing "rest" as the reason for his absence, Auston Matthews raised a few eyebrows by sitting out of the team's skate one day ahead of Tuesday’s Game 5 at Scotiabank Arena.Matthews' absence does at least raise a few preliminary questions about whether he's operating at full health, or perhaps dealing with a lingering issue.Given that the Leafs took Sunday off following a 4-3 overtime loss on Saturday to give the Ottawa Senators their first win of the series, it is a bit curious that Matthews needs a rest day.With NHL teams being notoriously tight-lipped about player health status, particularly in the playoffs, we likely won't get a good answer as to what exactly is going on with Toronto's captain.Matthews has one goal and four assists in four games so far for the Leafs.A year removed from a franchise-record settin...

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25 h. ago Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck named Vezina finalist along with Darcy Kuemper, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is a step closer to repeating as NHL goaltender of the year. The league announced its three finalists for this season’s Vezina Trophy on Monday. Darcy Kuemper of the Los Angeles Kings and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the others. Hellebuyck won his second career Vezina Trophy […]

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41 h. ago RICK VAIVE: Hat trick of overtimes hard on the players, but great for the fans

Nothing tops the drama of NHL playoff overtime, right? And we’re fortunate, as viewers, to see it the past three games in this series, with the Ottawa Senators down 0-3 Saturday and facing a tee time if they didn’t pull it out. They ended up winning on much the same kind of goal that Simon […]

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43 h. ago SIMMONS: Nylander the one Leaf you can’t take your eyes off of in Battle of Ontario

When trying to explain what it was about William Nylander that so enticed the Maple Leafs in the 2014 NHL draft, Dave Poulin, then a Leafs assistant, now an Ottawa Senators executive, was rather clear. “He was the only player in the draft who could stickhandle in a phone booth,” said Poulin. This is 11 […]

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43 h. ago Ottawa Senators alive and getting ready for Game 5 of Battle of Ontario

'It's one game at a time right now. Everyone knows that. ... It's not that complicated. Worry about the next game.'

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53 h. ago GAME 4 TAKEAWAYS: Nothing ‘special’ about Maple Leafs’ overtime loss

Special teams can make or break a team’s hopes in the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the Maple Leafs on Saturday night in the Battle of Ontario, failure to score on a four-minute power play in overtime snuffed their desire to eliminate the Ottawa Senators in a four-game sweep. The double power play had an asterisk, […]

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61 h. ago Takeaways: Ottawa Senators have no regrets after gutsy OT win in Battle of Ontario

"It as a do-or-die situation," captain Brady Tkachuk said of the win

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62 h. ago Maple Leafs fail to sweep Senators, fall in overtime in Game 4

Put those brooms away, Leafs Nation. Some 24 years after sweeping the Ottawa Senators from the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Maple Leafs couldn’t get it done again on Saturday night. We’re going to have Game 5 in the Battle of Ontario after the Senators beat the Leafs 4-3 in overtime at the Canadian Tire Centre. […]

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69 h. ago Maple Leafs not looking ahead, only wish to complete sweep of Senators

Just win one game. If the Ottawa Senators are telling themselves as much heading into Saturday night, you can bet the Maple Leafs are doing the same. What’s on the line in the Battle of Ontario, of course, is vastly different. A Maple Leafs win at the Canadian Tire Centre and it’s their first sweep […]

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2 d. ago Saskatchewan Rush make return to NLL playoffs in quarterfinal tilt hosting Swarm

For the first time since 2019, the Saskatchewan Rush are in the NLL post-season. They host the Georgia Swarm on Saturday in a single-elimination quarterfinal.

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3 d. ago Ottawa Senators desperate to write a comeback story in Battle of Ontario

Alternate captain Claude Giroux was part of the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers team that erased a 3-0 series deficit to beat the Boston Bruins.

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3 d. ago Maple Leafs’ habits of composure, patience will be crucial in Game 4

For those wondering about the Maple Leafs and killer instinct, we would argue we’ve already seen it in the Battle of Ontario. Whether the Leafs win Game 4 on Saturday night in Ottawa to sweep the Senators won’t be based on an ability to put a team away. It’s going to be more about continuing […]

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