TORONTO (AP) - Drake Batherson scored twice and the Ottawa Senators overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Wednesday night for their second straight victory.
Parker Kelly and Brady Tkachuk also scored and Joonas Korpisalo made 34 saves to help Ottawa improve to 13-17-0. The Senators are 2-1-0 against the Maple Leafs this season.
Matthew Knies and Tyler Bertuzzi scored for Toronto and Martin Jones stopped 26 shots. The Maple Leafs fell to 17-9-6.
Knies opened the scoring 5:41 into the first period, tipping a low point shot from Auston Matthews. Bertuzzi made it 2-0 seconds later, tipping in a cross-ice pass from Morgan Rielly.
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Kelly cut into the deficit 10:17 into the second with a short-handed goal. After Josh Norris' high-sticking penalty 41 seconds earlier gave Toronto the power play, Kelly blasted home a one-timer from Claude Giroux on a 2-on-1 break.
Batherson tied it off Tim Stutzle's miss with 5:35 left in the second period.
Batherson put Ottawa ahead 3:44 into the third period. He beat Jones from behind the goal line with a shot that bounced off the netminder's left shoulder.
Tkachuk added an empty-netter with 2:27 remaining.