Brady Tkachuk's two goals power Senators past Maple Leafs

Brady Tkachuk scored twice and Anton Forsberg made 31 saves as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Friday night.

TORONTO - Brady Tkachuk scored twice and Anton Forsberg made 31 saves as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto MapleClaude Giroux, with a goal and an assist, Thomas Chabot, Drake Batherson and Derick Brassard had the other goals for Ottawa . Tim Stutzle added two assists as the Senators picked up their first victory at Scotiabank Arena with fans in attendance since October 2018.

Ilya Samsonov, who was scheduled to get the night off, made a surprise start and finished with 28 saves as theMatt Murray was slated to see his first action in goal for thesince Jan. 17, but appeared to take a shot up high from Nylander in warmup and occupied a seat at the end of the bench instead of Toronto's crease prior to the opening faceoff.

Toronto captain John Tavares took Matthews' spot between Mitch Marner and Michael Bunting on the top line to start the game, while Pontus Holmberg centred Nylander and Calle Jarnkrok.

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