The Ottawa Senators will head south to begin their Stanley Cup Playoffs return as they face the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 1 of the First Round. The Battle of Ontario is back as we continue our Stanley Cup Playoffs odds series with a Senators-Maple Leafs Game 1 prediction and pick.

Toronto Maple Leafs will be playing their Ontario rival, the Ottawa Senators, in the newest instalment of the Battle of Ontario in the playoffs.

The Maple Leafs have qualified for the playoffs each of the past nine seasons but with only one series victory in that span. They lost in seven games to the Boston Bruins in the first round last season. The Senators last made the playoffs in 2017, when they lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in the conference final.