Marner had a goal and two assists as the Leafs dumped the Ottawa Senators 6-2 to take Game 1 of their opening-round series — the first playoff Battle of Ontario in more than two decades.

The veteran defenceman has been that way with media since the Maple Leafs acquired him from the Chicago Blackhawks in Feb. 2023 and, with Toronto looking to take a 2-0 lead in the Battle of Ontario on Tuesday night,

A generation after it began, the Battle of Ontario reignited in Game 1 between the Maple Leafs and Senators. And just as it went back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Leafs got the better of the Senators.