Sept. 23: NHL Preseason Roundup

John Tavares and Auston Matthews each had a goal and two assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Ottawa Senators 6-1 in a split-squad game at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Wednesday.

Jake McCabe, Jack Roslovic, Zack MacEwen and Morgan Rielly also scored for Toronto, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 13 saves.

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Tim Stutzle scored for Ottawa. Leevi Merilainen made 21 saves before being replaced by Jackson Parsons after Matthews scored in the third period. Parsons made nine saves.

Stutzle carried the puck up the left side, cut across the crease and tucked in a backhand to give the Senators a 1-0 lead at 6:35 of the first period.

The Maple Leafs tied it 1-1 at 7:45 when McCabe jammed in a loose rebound at the right post.

Tavares made it 2-1 at 19:09, scoring from low in the left circle on a 2-on-1 rush with William Nylander.

Roslovic scored on the power play to give Toronto a 3-1 lead at 4:49 of the second period, knocking in a rebound from just outside the crease after Tavares tried to jam the puck in at the right post.

MacEwen made it 4-1 at 16:53, tipping in Easton Cowan’s pass into the crease on a 2-on-1 rush, and Rielly scored on a wrist shot from the left circle at 19:13 to make it 5-1.

Matthews went bardown to the far side from the left circle at 6:10 of the third for the 6-1 final.

Maple Leafs 4, Senators 2: Ryan Tverberg broke a tie late in the third period for Toronto in a split-squad game at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

Henrik Rybinski, Steven Lorentz and Teddy Blueger also scored, and Anthony Stolarz made 19 saves for the Maple Leafs.

Dylan Cozens and Hoyt Stanley scored, and Linus Ullmark made 20 saves for the Senators.

After a scoreless first period, Rybinski gave Toronto a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 3:51 of the second. He put a rebound of Vinni Lettieri's shot past Ullmark at the left side of the net.

Cozens tied it 1-1 at 6:18, stripping defenseman Blake Smith of the puck in the offensive zone and putting it past Stolarz with a wrist shot from the slot.

Lorentz redirected Marshall Rifai’s shot at 10:01 to give the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead.

Stanley put a backhand shot past Stolarz to tie it 2-2 just 41 seconds later at 10:42.

Tverberg scored on a snap shot from the left dot to put Toronto up 3-2 at 15:43, and Blueger scored into an empty net at 19:52 for the 4-2 final.

Stars 2, Wild 0: Remi Poirier made 24 saves, and the Dallas Stars shut out the Minnesota Wild at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Matthew Seminoff and Esa Lindell scored, and Kyle Capobianco had two assists for the Stars.

Jesper Wallstedt made 22 saves for the Wild.

Seminoff scored from the slot at 15:33 of the second to give Dallas a 1-0 lead off a feed from the left side of the net from Capobianco.

Lindell made it 2-0 at 10:39 of the third with a wrist shot from the left face-off dot.

Kings 2, Ducks 1:  Anton Forsberg made 24 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings held off the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim.

Alex Laferriere and Joel Armia scored for the Kings.

Ethan Procyszyn scored for the Ducks, and Lukas Dostal made 17 saves.

Procyszyn jammed in a loose rebound in the crease after the puck got behind Forsberg, giving the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 8:41 of the first.

Laferriere tied it 1-1 at 18:56 when he found an open net for a backhand after the rebound of Andre Lee’s shot caromed of the end boards.

Armia scored at 19:37, going top shelf with a wrist shot from the right circle on a 2-on-1 rush for the 2-1 final.