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Senators beat Maple Leafs in 1st shootout of NHL season

Posted October 10, 2015 7:00 am

The Associated Press

Ottawa Senators' Alex Chiasson, right, celebrates after scoring the second goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators in Toronto, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) - Mike Hoffman had the decisive goal in the first shootout of the NHL season, sending the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Kyle Turris, Alex Chiasson, Milan Michalek and Mark Stone scored in regulation for the Senators, and Craig Anderson finished with 37 saves. Reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson had three assists.

The NHL moved to a 3-on-3 overtime for this season to cut back on shootouts, and the Senators and Maple Leafs played the first tiebreaker in the league's 19th game. Anderson had seven saves in OT.

Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored for Toronto in the first round of the shootout, but Tyler Bozak and Joffrey Lupul were unsuccessful. Bobby Ryan tied it at 1 in the second round before Hoffman lifted Ottawa to the win.

Lupul, Bozak, Peter Holland and Daniel Winnik scored in regulation for Toronto, which trailed 3-0 early in the second period. James Reimer made 29 saves.

After the Leafs dominated a scoreless first period, Turris put the Senators in front 46 seconds into the second. As four Toronto penalty killers converged on the boards, Karlsson found a wide-open Turris in the slot for his third goal of the season in his 400th NHL game.

Ottawa quickly added two more power-play goals. Chiasson left the penalty box to score on a breakaway at 3:38 of the second, and Michalek corralled a rebound of a shot by Karlsson and beat Reimer in front at 4:56.

With Winnik pressuring, Ottawa defenseman Patrick Wiercioch turned the puck over right to Lupul at 7:05, and he scored the Leafs' first even-strength goal of the season.

Bozak trimmed Ottawa's lead to 3-2 when he made the most of a perfect stretch pass up the middle from captain Dion Phaneuf at 14:33 of the second.

After Holland tied it with some nifty stick work in front on the power play 3:18 into the third, Stone deflected Hoffman's shot past Reimer at 8:59 to restore Ottawa's lead.

But the Leafs weren't done, with Winnik scoring at 16:21. Referee Kevin Pollack waved it off when it first happened, but the situation room looked at it, asked for the horn to blow to stop play and ruled the puck went in.

NOTES: Roman Polak and Michael Grabner made their Leafs debuts, replacing Scott Harrington and Shawn Matthias. The team says Matthias is day to day with an upper-body injury. ... The Senators host to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

Ottawa Senators' Mark Stone, left, handles the puck as Toronto Maple Leafs' Nick Spaling looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

Toronto Maple Leafs' Peter Holland receives congratulations from teammates after scoring the game-tying third goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

Ottawa Senators' Mark Stone, left, scores against the Toronto Maple Leafs' goalkeeper James Reimer, right, during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

Toronto Maple Leafs' goalkeeper James Reimer, right, makes a save on Ottawa Senators' Milan Michalek, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

Toronto Maple Leafs' Daniel Winnik celebrates his game-tying goal against the Ottawa Senators during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) The Associated Press

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