Not bad for starters for Carter Yakemchuk and the Ottawa Senators.

Yakemchuk, the club’s top prospect, led the way with two goals and a three-point effort as the Senators opened the Prospects Showdown with a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

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Forwards Tyler Boucher and Stephen Halliday also chipped in with goals for Ottawa, while rookie goaltender Jackson Parsons came up big with a 27-save effort.

The No. 7 overall selection in the 2024 National Hockey League draft, Yakemchuk should be one of the best players this weekend, and he had a solid start. He wore an alternate captain’s ‘A’ and opened the scoring three minutes into the first period of Saturday’s contest by firing a blast by Toronto goalie Art

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