Thomas Chabot opened the scoring for the Senators early in the second period, assisted by Tkachuk. Dylan Cozens doubled the lead a little over eight minutes into the third period in a short-handed situation. Finally, Tim Stutzle and Tkachuk scored back-to-back empty-net goals inside the final three minutes of regulation to wrap up Ottawa's win.

The Senators fought off the Maple Leafs again to force a Game 6 in their first-round series. Check out all the other NHL highlights from Tuesday.

Suddenly, after winning the past two games of the best-of-7 series, the Senators have momentum in their favor as they’ve narrowed the Maple Leafs’ lead in the series to 3-2 heading into Game 6 in Ottawa on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TBS, MAX).