(Reuters) - Nick Foligno scored twice to help the Ottawa Senators overcome a slow start and defeat Northeast division rivals Toronto 5-2 in the NHL's Hockey Hall of Fame Game at the Air Canada Center on Saturday.
The Maple Leafs had the better of the early action and did not allow a shot on goal through the first 13 minutes. They took a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Tyler Bozak's wrist shot got past Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson.
Ottawa defenseman Sergei Gonchar tied the score midway through the second period and Foligno then found a seam between the Maple Leafs defenders, took a perfect breakaway pass from Erik Karlsson and scored with a low shot past Toronto netminder Ben Scrivens.
Zach Smith extended the Senators lead to 3-1 in the opening minute of the third period but Joffrey Lupul got a goal back for the Leafs on a goalmouth scramble with less than three minutes to play.
Toronto pulled Scrivens in favor of another skater in search of an equalizer but Foligno relieved the pressure on the Senators' net with an empty net goal to make it 4-2.
Milan Michalek added another empty-netter to round out the scoring.
Prior to the game the NHL honoured the 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Mark Howe, Joe Nieuwendyk, Ed Belfour and Doug Gilmour in an on-ice ceremony.
(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario)
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