MAPLE LEAFS 4, SENATORS 3

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The Ottawa Senators opened the pre-season with a 4-3 loss in the first round of the Battle of Ontario against the Toronto Maple Leafs in front of 16,254 on Sunday afternoon at the Canadian Tire Centre.

The real games don’t begin until Oct. 9 when the regular season gets started for Ottawa, but Olle Lycksell, Arthur Kaliyev and Ridly Greig did the scoring for the Senators on Sunday, with the rematch set for Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

“We did a lot of good things,” said coach Travis Green. “I thought in the first period our execution with the puck wasn’t quite where we wanted it to be. I like that we stayed with the game when we were down 3-0, a

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