The Toronto Maple Leafs were without their biggest stars when they took on the Ottawa Senators for their third preseason game.
John Tavares, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Auston Matthews, Morgan Reilly, Jake Muzzin, T.J. Brodie and Jack Campbell all sat out as the Toronto Maple Leafs sought to provide ice time to some of the newcomers so they could get more opportunity to impress.
…and impress they did!
Michael Bunting scored a hat-trick, Josh Ho-Sang had three assists and Petr Mrázek recorded a shutout.
Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Ottawa Senators 0
All three of Bunting’s goals came on the powerplay.