Utah Hockey Club did not have much left come the third period. The team was tied 1-1 with the Ottawa Senators at the beginning of the final 20 minutes, but allowed two goals against and dropped its second consecutive game Sunday at Canadian Tire Centre.

One big key to the Senators’ emerging victorious over Toronto was Pinto’s play against Leafs superstar Auston Matthews. Pinto played over 13 minutes against Matthews at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick. Matthews played 22:47 but had just one shot in the loss, snapping his five-game points streak.

The Senators swept their third straight back-to-back weekend as they beat the Utah Hockey Club by a score of 3-1.

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The Ottawa Senators won the second clash with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season led by goals from Tim Stützle and Shane Pinto with Anton Forsberg standing tall in the Senators net. The first ...

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Tim Stützle pulled both of Utah’s defensemen — Määttä and John Marino — to the right side before hitting Giroux who was streaking to the crease on the left and slickly beat Vejmelka.

Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.

Season Series is Red The Ottawa Senators have claimed the regular season series matchup over the Toronto Maple Leafs after a 2-1 in regulation time. Period I The undrafted Bobby McMann opened the scoring of the game for the visiting team as he comes within one goal of matching his career high.

Clayton Keller's 18th goal of the season not enough as Utah falls, 3-1, in Ottawa

Claude Giroux scored the game-winner and broke a long personal scoring drought as the Senators defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-1.

Ridly Greig hadn't scored in 13 games. Claude Giroux hadn't scored in 14. And captain Brady Tkachuk hadn't scored in 11. Those three were the goal scorers tonight, as the Sens beat Utah 3-1. Leevi Meriläinen made 34 saves in the win, and deserves the lion's share of the credit for tonight's win.