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.

Matthew Knies is the definition of a playoff performer with the Toronto Maple Leafs. At 22 years old, Knies is already making massive blocks, scoring crucial goals — including his netfront power play marker in the third period — and playing a team-high 22:19 in Game 1 against the Ottawa Senators.

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.