The Senators outhit the Maple Leafs 56-30 in Game 1 but many of their key young players including forwards Stutzle, Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Shane Pinto, Ridly Greig and Dylan Cozens, and defensemen Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot and Artem Zub each played their first Stanley Cup Playoff game.

Senators star Brady Tkachuk addressed a chant let out by Maple Leafs fans during a Game 1 loss in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Maple Leafs and Senators got into multiple scraps late in Toronto’s 6-2 Game 1 home win Sunday night in the first round of the NHL playoffs. At the end of an ugly night in which Ottawa gave up three power-play goals, the Senators and Leafs started pushing and shoving each other after a whistle with 43.7 seconds left in the game.