Early Reunion

The players involved in the blockbuster trade between Toronto and Ottawa found alot of familiar faces during the first game with their new teams; however, they were all sitting on the other bench. Day #19 brought an early reunion when the Maple Leafs were matched against the Senators. With the pressure on, all the forwards involved in the deal that were dressed for the game found their way to the scorecards.

Gary Roberts was the first to draw blood from his former team with a helper on Ottawa's second goal midway through the second period. Zach Parise worked some tic-tac-toe passing with Fisher and Dumont on the latter's early third period goal. Surprisingly, it was Tomi Kallio who stole the show when he went coast to coast and performed a triple Salchow just before netting an unassisted goal.

The Maple Leafs were hoping for late game heroics after Alexander Frolov netted a goal in the third bringing them within one, but they fell a little short. The Senators took the game 4-3 giving Roberts and Kallio a little bit of bragging rights. Even though the Leafs lost the game they played extremely well. Toronto registered more shots, hits, faceoffs won, passes completed, corner battles won, and puck possession time than Ottawa. Furthermore, Toronto's PK successfully killed off both of Ottawa's power plays, while their PP managed to net a goal. Maybe things are starting to look up for this organization.