After dropping their opening game to Buffalo, the Ottawa Senators attempted to break even on the road prior to the upcoming home opener. They were unsuccessful, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs, a game in which Ottawa struggled to maintain any sort of puck possession.
While Toronto spent a lot of time early in Ottawa’s end, a Mitch Marner holding penalty would give Ottawa the first power-play opportunity of the game, and the unit was clicking more than in the last game.
Following some quality puck movement wore out Toronto forward David Kampf, he’s late picking up Claude Giroux’s pass to Shane Pinto, and Ottawa takes a 1-0 lead 9:09 into the game.