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The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs are in overtime in Game 4 of their first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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OT 3:02 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
Icing forces a faceoff in the Toronto zone. Big draw upcoming.
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Five minutes left of the first overtime period. Will we have a winner in this frame or will this game go to a second overtime?
Only four Senators players have registered two shots on goal or more so far: David Perron (4), Drake Batherson, Fabian Zetterlund, Claude Giroux (2)
John Tavares returns to the Leafs bench. He's a key part of the team's power play and was unavailable for the entirety of the four-minute PP they got in this overtime.
OT 10:00 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
So much happened in the first ten minutes of this OT period. John Tavares went to the dressing room after taking a hard hit from Artem Zub. And the Ottawa Senators killed off a five-minute Leafs power play.
How will this game end?
There's no lonelier place in an arena than the penalty box in overtime during the Stanley Cup playoffs, but Drake Batherson's teammates bailed him out with a huge four-minute, season-extending penalty kill.
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OT 10:44 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
Big second effort from Tim Stützle. Anthony Stolarz makes a huge save following the Leafs power play.
What a game this is.
Wow. The Ottawa Senators kill off the double minor penalty. Overtime forges on.
OT 11:54 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
Mitch Marner tries to tuck the puck behind the net. Linus Ullmark makes the save.
31 seconds left in the double minor.
Several chances for the Maple Leafs. But the Ottawa Senators are halfway through the double minor.
Drake Batherson takes a double minor high sticking penalty on Chris Tanev. The Maple Leafs will look to win on a five minute power play.
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John Tavares has gone to the Leafs dressing room after taking a hard hit from Artem Zub. Tavares was nowhere near the puck and unsuspecting when Zub lowered the boom on him.
OT 18:14 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
Auston Matthews shoots on goal. Linus Ullmark makes a pivotal save. Both teams with a scoring chance to start overtime.
OT 18:40 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
Ottawa with a shot on goal. Anthony Stolarz absorbs the shot. Overtime forges on.
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OT 20:00 – Maple Leafs 3, Senators 3
The overtime period is underway at the Canadian Tire Centre.
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The Ottawa Senators have three shots at five-on-five over the last 40 minutes of play. One of them includes the David Perron go-ahead goal in the third period. But the Senators have struggled to generate chances for two-thirds of this game.
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Jake McCabe and Morgan Rielly lead the team at just over 22 minutes apiece.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are 2-0 in overtime games against the Ottawa Senators in this series. Max Domi scored the OT winner in Game 2 off the Simon Benoit pass.
Then it was Benoit who finished Game 3 in overtime after Auston Matthews won the faceoff in the attacking zone.
Can Toronto score another overtime winner to complete the sweep?

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