Domi scores in OT, Maple Leafs top Senators 3-2 to grab 2-0 lead in Battle of Ontario

TORONTO (AP) — Max Domi scored at 3:09 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs survived a blown 2-0 lead to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 and go up 2-0 in their first-round playoff series Tuesday night.

The winger moved into the offensive zone in the extra period and ripped his first of the post-season upstairs past Linus Ullmark.

“Unreal,” Leafs centre John Tavares said. “Great for him, great for our team.”

Tavares, with a goal and an assist, and Morgan Rielly provided the rest of the offense for Toronto. Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves.

“Just pure jubilation,” Stolarz said of Domi’s winner that set off wild celebrations inside and outside Scotiabank Arena. “He’s a hell of a teammate in the room, and to see someone like that get rewarded, hopefully it’s the start of something big.”

Brady Tkachuk and Adam Gaudette scored for Ottawa. Ullmark stopped 18 shots.

The best-of-seven Battle of Ontario now shifts to the nation’s capital for Games 3 and 4 beginning Thursday at the Canadian Tire Centre.

The Leafs, who took Sunday’s opener 6-2, lead a post-season series 2-0 for the first time since 2002.

In the playoffs for the first time in eight years following a long rebuild, the Senators limp home looking for answers.

“We’re looking forward to getting home,” Tkachuk said. “And honestly, there’s not one ounce of panic.”

Toronto, which beat Ottawa four times in five postseason matchups in the early 2000s, is 10-0 all-time in series where the club wins the first two games at home, and has a two-game playoff edge for just the second time in 10 tries across the Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner era.

After scoring three quick-strike goals on the man advantage in Game 1 against an inexperienced and undisciplined opponent, Toronto capitalized 18 seconds into its first opportunity when Tavares sent a puck into the crease that deflected in off Ottawa defenseman Nick Jensen on the home side’s fourth shot at 8:20.

Stolarz decked Senators forward Ridly Greig, who slid into the netminder late in Game 1, at the end of an Ottawa power play in the second on a sequence that resulted in coincidental minor penalties.

The series marks the first time in NHL history two Canadian teams with U.S.-born captains — Ottawa’s Tkachuk and Toronto’s Matthews — have met in the playoffs.

Leafs head coach Craig Berube, who won the Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019 and has been handed the reins of an organization looking to end decades of playoff misery, was asked pregame about his initial thoughts on the Battle of Ontario.

“There’s some hatred there, for sure,” the former NHL tough guy from Alberta said with a grin. “It’s pretty good. I enjoy it.”

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Ottawa Senators Brady Tkachuk (7) takes a shot on net against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz (41) during first period of NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs' Matthew Knies (23) falls on a wraparound attempt against Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) during first period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Referees break up a fight between Toronto Maple Leafs' Scott Laughton (24) and Ottawa Senators' Claude Giroux (28) during first period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' Drake Batherson (19) and Toronto Maple Leafs' Morgan Rielly (44) collide along the boards during second period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs fans cheer as they take on the Ottawa Senators during second period NHL playoff action in Toronto, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews (34) tips a puck toward Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) while being defended by Ottawa Senators' Artem Zub (2) during second period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz (41) looks toward the referee after receiving an interference penalty against Ottawa Senators' Ridly Greig (71) during second period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' Dylan Cozens (24) takes a shot on Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz (41) while being defended by Toronto Maple Leafs' Simon Benoit (2) during second period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs' Pontus Holmberg (29) and Ottawa Senators' Thomas Chabot (72) battle for the puck during second period NHL playoff action in Toronto, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews (34) tries to make a shot on Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) with pressure from Ottawa Senators' Thomas Chabot (72) during third period NHL playoff action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate the overtime win during NHL playoff action in Toronto, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region’s top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French, Italian, German and English, reflecting the tradition of Swiss multilingualism.

Another 119 people were injured in the blaze early Thursday as it ripped through the busy Le Constellation bar at the ski resort of Crans-Montana, authorities said. It was one of the deadliest tragedies in Switzerland’s history.

Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire when they came too close to the ceiling of the crowded bar.

Here’s a look at what people said in the wake of the disaster:

— “I’m looking everywhere. The body of my son is somewhere,” Laetitia Brodard told reporters Friday in Crans-Montana as she searched for her son, 16-year-old Arthur. “I want to know, where is my child, and be by his side. Wherever that may be, be it in the intensive care unit or the morgue.”

— “We were bringing people out, people were collapsing. We were doing everything we could to save them, we helped as many as we could. We saw people screaming, running,” Marc-Antoine Chavanon, 14, told The Associated Press in Crans-Montana on Friday, recounting how he rushed to the bar to help the injured. “There was one of our friends: She was struggling to get out, she was all burned. You can’t imagine the pain I saw.”

— “It was hard to live through for everyone. Also probably because everyone was asking themselves, ‘Was my child, my cousin, someone from the region at this party?’” Eric Bonvin, general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in dozens of injured people, told AP on Friday. “This place was very well known as somewhere to celebrate the new year,” Bonvin said. “Also, seeing young people arrive — that’s always traumatic.”

— “I have seen horror, and I don’t know what else would be worse than this,” Gianni Campolo, a Swiss 19-year-old who was in Crans-Montana on vacation and rushed to the bar to help first responders, told France's TF1 television.

—“You will understand that the priority today is truly placed on identification, in order to allow the families to begin their mourning,” Beatrice Pilloud, the Valais region's attorney general, told reporters Friday during a news conference in Sion.

Pope Leo said in a telegram Friday to the bishop of Sion that he " wishes to express his compassion and concern to the relatives of the victims. He prays that the Lord will welcome the deceased into His abode of peace and light, and will sustain the courage of those who suffer in their hearts or in their bodies.”

— “We have numerous accounts of heroic actions, one could say of very strong solidarity in the moment,” Cantonal head of government Mathias Reynard told RTS radio Friday. "In the first minutes it was citizens — and in large part young people — who saved lives with their courage.”

— “Switzerland is a strong country not because it is sheltered from drama, but because it knows how to face them with courage and a spirit of mutual help," Swiss President Guy Parmelin, speaking on his first day in the position that changes hands annually, told reporters Thursday.

People bring flowers near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni)

A woman holding a stuffed animal, whose daughter is missing, gather with others near the sealed-off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

People light candles near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni)