TORONTO — Evgenii Dadonov scored his second goal of the game 2:19 into overtime as the Ottawa Senators roared back from a 5-1 deficit late in the second period to stun the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Monday night.
Connor Brown and Nick Paul, with a goal and an assist each, Drake Batherson and Artem Zub, with his first in the NHL, also scored for gutsy Ottawa (4-12-1). Marcus Hogberg stopped 33 shots for the Senators, who face the Leafs again Wednesday and Thursday at Scotiabank Arena.
Auston Matthews scored twice and added an assist, while Joe Thornton, with a goal and an assist in his return from injury, Travis Boyd and Pierre Engvall provided the rest of the offence for Toronto (11-3-2).