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

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.

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

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

Brady Tkachuk and Adam Gaudette replied 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.

Toronto, which beat Ottawa four times in five post-season 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.

The Leafs went up 1-0 at 3:43 of Tuesday's first period moments after Marner hit the post with Ullmark at his mercy when William Nylander's centring pass hit a hard-charging Rielly in front for his second goal of the series.

Ottawa had a couple good looks on its first power play, but Stolarz was there to make four stops, including point-blank chances for Dylan Cozens and Tkachuk.

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