Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Ben Scrivens posted 34 stops for his first
career shutout as the Toronto Maple Leafs took a 3-0 win over the Ottawa
Senators on Saturday.
Frazer McLaren, John-Michael Liles and Tyler Bozak each scored for the Maple
Leafs, who have won five of their last six games.
Craig Anderson gave up two goals on 27 shots for the Senators, who have
dropped their past two and four of five.
Ottawa played its first game since losing defenseman Erik Karlsson to a cut
left Achilles tendon that he suffered in Wednesday's loss to Pittsburgh. The
team is already without center Jason Spezza, who had surgery to repair a
herniated disc on Jan. 27, and Karlsson, the reigning Norris Trophy winner, is
expected to miss the next 3-to-4 months after having surgery to repair the
cut.
Toronto struck just 3:14 into the game when Mark Fraser's shot from the left
point deflected off of McLaren in front for his first goal of the season.
After a middle stanza which saw Scrivens turn away 19 shots and Anderson make
10 stops, the Maple Leafs scored at the 8:32 mark of the third as Dion Phaneuf
sent a hard pass from the left circle to the slot where Bozak used his skate
to re-direct it past Anderson for a 2-0 lead.
Liles capped the win with an empty-net goal, his first of the season, inside
the final minute of play.
Game Notes
Toronto plays in Florida on Monday ... Ottawa wraps up its three-game road
trip in New Jersey on Monday ... Each team won three games last season ...
Ottawa was 0-for-4 on the power play while Toronto failed to score on its two
man advantages.
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