<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://display.blogto.com/articles/20250421-leafs-power-play-game-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;cmd=resize_then_crop&amp;height=630&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpeg" width="100%" /><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs were firing on all cylinders in their Game 1 victory on Sunday night.</p><p>Taking on the Ottawa Senators in the first Battle of Ontario matchup in the postseason since 2004, Toronto came through with a workmanlike 6-2 victory over their provincial rivals.</p><p>And while all wins count the same in a best-of-7 series, how the Leafs got the W wasn't something they've seen since, well, last millennium.</p><p>Toronto scored three goals on the night via the power play, a welcome sight for those who saw Toronto go 1-for-11 on the man advantage in 2024 in a seven-game first-round series against the Boston Bruins.</p><p>Via Sportsnet Stats, it was actually the first time Toronto had scored three power play goals in a playoff game since 1999, in another Game 1 against the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Final.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Leafs score 3 Power Play goals in a playoff game for the first time since Game 1 of the 1999 East Final vs the Sabres <a href="https://t.co/9RG3qQh0e5">pic.twitter.com/9RG3qQh0e5</a></p>&mdash; Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) <a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/1914131039942742522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2025</a></blockquote><p>Toronto's 24.8 per cent power play conversion this regular season is actually about what it was a year ago, when it was 24.0 per cent. &nbsp;But it's historically been a challenge for Toronto in the playoffs, as they've operated at just an 18.0 per cent clip since 2017, the fourth-worst mark of any of the 15 teams with at least 50 postseason games played over that stretch.</p><p>Unlike Ottawa coach Travis Green, who believed that the Leafs were "selling" calls, Leafs head coach Craig Berube didn't have anything negative to say about the officiating on the night.</p><p>'The refs call games. They call penalties for whatever reason. I thought we checked well with our feet and our sticks tonight. We were hard at our net. We were doing things right to stay out of the box," Berube said.&nbsp;</p><p>"You put yourself in the penalty box when you get on the wrong side of things and end up in desperate situations. We were pretty clean overall with our physical part of the game. We have to keep doing that."</p><p>As for the power play itself, Berube showered praise on goal scorers John Tavares and Matthew Knies.</p><p>"The power play has been rolling for a while. For me, it is about getting pucks to the net with numbers at the net. I can't say enough about Matthew Knies and JT in those areas," he said. "They have done an extremely good job with all of their work in the interior of the ice."</p><p>Toronto and Ottawa renew hostilities on Tuesday night, when the teams meet for Game 2 at Scotiabank Arena.</p>