News Release Share this Senators stay hot and beat Marlies 5-4 in shootout October 26, 2025 The Belleville Senators wrapped up their back-to-back on Sunday afternoon against the Toronto Marlies, winning 5-4 in a shootout. The game got off to a quick start with the Marlies getting on the board first. William Villeneuve opened the scoring with a seeing-eye shot from the point off a pass from Blake Smith and Ryan Tverberg to make it 1–0. Not long after, the Marlies struck again courtesy of Bo Groulx. Alex Nylander and David Kämpf helped set up the play with a cross-crease pass to extend the lead to 2–0. The second period saw the Senators respond early. Arthur Kaliyev, with some help from Xavier Bourgault and Jorian Donovan, cut the lead to one with a quick spin shot that caught Dennis Hildeby off guard. Nearly seven minutes later, the Senators struck again to tie the game at two. Tyler Boucher evened things up, batting the puck out of midair off a Lassi Thomson shot. Belleville kept the pressure on and added another to take the lead. Stephen Halliday beat Hildeby from the low circle after a slick passing play from linemates Kaliyev and Bourgault to make it 3–2. Toronto, however, wasn’t done. Just two minutes later, a Reese Johnson slapshot from the point bounced out to Cédric Paré, who buried his first of the season to tie the game 3–3. The Marlies struck first in the third period on the power play. Jacob Quillan finished off a close-range pass from Borya Valis, beating Senators goaltender Hunter Shepard to put Toronto ahead 4–3. The power-play goals continued late in the period, this time for Belleville. Wyatt Bongiovanni tied the game 4–4 with a shot from the top of the circles, assisted by Halliday and Carter Yakemchuk. Overtime couldn’t settle things, sending the game to a shootout. Stephen Halliday scored the first and only goal of the shootout, lifting the Senators to a 5–4 win over the Marlies. The Senators will meet the Marlies again on November 19th at CAA Arena for their fourth matchup of the season. Belleville is back in action Wednesday night when they host the Rochester Americans (AHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres) for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at CAA Arena. Fast Facts: #5 Wyatt Bongiovanni scored his third goal of the season and added an assist #11 Jorian Donovan picked up another assist and has four over a three-game streak #13 Xavier Bourgault recorded his second multi-point game of the season, with two assists #16 Tyler Boucher scored his second goal of the season #26 Carter Yakemchuk had an assist and now has a goal and two assists over a three-game point streak #30 Hunter Shepard stopped 24 of 26 shots in relief of Mads Sogaard in regulation and allowed no goals in three shootout attempts against #33 Lassi Thomson notched his first assist of the season #34 Stephen Halliday scored his first goal of the season and picked up an assist, along with six shots on goal #43 Arthur Kaliyev Scored his first goal of the season and had an assist, plus six shots on goal The Senators are on their first three-game win streak of the season and have outscored their opponents 15-18 This was Belleville’s first shootout of the season and first shootout win Highlights: Postgame Availabilities: Ticket Info: Single-game tickets for the first half of the 2025-26 season are now on sale via Ticketmaster or at the Belleville Sens Box Office located inside the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre. Details on season seat memberships, flex packs, premium seating, the Business Edge program, and more can be found by visiting the Belleville Sens Website. — Visit the Belleville Sens website: www.bellevillesens.com Engage with the Belleville Sens on X: @BellevilleSens Like the Belleville Sens on Facebook: www.facebook.com/BellevilleSens Follow the Belleville Sens on Instagram: @BellevilleSens Listen to the Belleville Sens on Mixlr: www.bellevillesens.mixlr.com
The game got off to a quick start with the Marlies getting on the board first. William Villeneuve opened the scoring with a seeing-eye shot from the point off a pass from Blake Smith and Ryan Tverberg to make it 1–0. Not long after, the Marlies struck again courtesy of Bo Groulx. Alex Nylander and David Kämpf helped set up the play with a cross-crease pass to extend the lead to 2–0. The second period saw the Senators respond early. Arthur Kaliyev, with some help from Xavier Bourgault and Jorian Donovan, cut the lead to one with a quick spin shot that caught Dennis Hildeby off guard. Nearly seven minutes later, the Senators struck again to tie the game at two. Tyler Boucher evened things up, batting the puck out of midair off a Lassi Thomson shot. Belleville kept the pressure on and added another to take the lead. Stephen Halliday beat Hildeby from the low circle after a slick passing play from linemates Kaliyev and Bourgault to make it 3–2. Toronto, however, wasn’t done. Just two minutes later, a Reese Johnson slapshot from the point bounced out to Cédric Paré, who buried his first of the season to tie the game 3–3. The Marlies struck first in the third period on the power play. Jacob Quillan finished off a close-range pass from Borya Valis, beating Senators goaltender Hunter Shepard to put Toronto ahead 4–3. The power-play goals continued late in the period, this time for Belleville. Wyatt Bongiovanni tied the game 4–4 with a shot from the top of the circles, assisted by Halliday and Carter Yakemchuk. Overtime couldn’t settle things, sending the game to a shootout. Stephen Halliday scored the first and only goal of the shootout, lifting the Senators to a 5–4 win over the Marlies. The Senators will meet the Marlies again on November 19th at CAA Arena for their fourth matchup of the season. Belleville is back in action Wednesday night when they host the Rochester Americans (AHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres) for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at CAA Arena.
