# @thegistca on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJIhP6GN5KR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30056927-thegistca-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-02T01:41:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The GIST Canada (@thegistca) — https://gondola.cc/thegistca

## Caption

Leafs Nation can finally exhale (momentarily). 💙⁣
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After two missed chances, the Toronto Maple Leafs closed the door on the Ottawa Senators, winning 4–2 in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 💪⁣
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It was a long time coming — Toronto had lost 13 of their last 14 potential series-clinching games since 2018 — but Thursday night felt different. 🔥⁣
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Max Pacioretty, with his first goal since December 20, broke a 2–2 tie late in the third, before William Nylander sealed it with an empty-netter on his 29th birthday 🎂 (his second of the game!).⁣
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Auston Matthews opened the scoring with a power-play snipe, and Toronto jumped out to a 2–0 lead early in the second. Ottawa clawed back, but this time, the Leafs didn’t fold. 🙌⁣
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Not only do they move on, they win another Battle of Ontario, their fifth playoff series win over Ottawa since 2000. 👏⁣
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Next stop: a showdown with the defending Stanley Cup champs, the Florida Panthers.🚨 #thegist⁣
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#hockey #nhl #nhlplayoffs #toronto #ottawa #mapleleafs #senators #battleofontario

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The GIST Canada | @thegistca | https://gondola.cc/thegistca | Sports Media Outlet |

## Tags

toronto, ottawa, hockey, battleofontario, senators, nhlplayoffs, thegist, nhl, mapleleafs

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