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===Toronto Maple Leafs===
{{main|Battle of Ontario}}
The Battle of Ontario is a rivalry with the Toronto Maple Leafs.<ref>{{cite news |work=Kitchener Record |title=Nothing comes easy in mighty Northeast; Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Boston: The toughest division in the NHL? |date=January 16, 2004 |page=D2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/goes-brown-12-battle-ontario-moments-say/|title=Down Goes Brown: What 12 Battle of Ontario moments say about you|last=McIndoe|first=Sean|publisher=Rogers Media|date=April 6, 2017|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=January 12, 2025}}</ref> It is the current version of an old rivalry between Ottawa, Canada's capital, and [[Toronto]], Canada's largest city and business capital. The teams compete in the [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|same division]] and meet frequently during regular season games. In the early 2000s, the teams met four consecutive times in the playoffs with Toronto winning all four series.

As of the end of the 2023–24 season, Ottawa leads the regular season series 73–55–3–13, while Toronto leads 16–8 in the playoff record.<ref name="WLrecords">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/OTT/head2head.html|title=Ottawa Senators Won-Loss Records|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=January 12, 2025}}</ref>