William Nylander and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies also scored for Toronto. Auston Matthews added two assists and Anthony Stolarz stopped 31 shots.

William Nylander insisted that Ridly Greig’s indecorous hit on John Tavares among the incidents in the Maple Leafs' 6-2 Game 1 victory over the Senators is part of the game. Regardless of the uproar by the crowd regarding a minor penalty,

The Toronto Maple Leafs dominate the Ottawa Senators 6-2 to take Game 1 of their first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Toronto opened the scoring in the first period with Oliver Ekman-Larsson.