Early in Saturday’s 6-5 loss to the Toronto Maple Leads, Ottawa Senators’ forward Stephane Da Costa was on the receiving end of a “welcome to the NHL” hit from bruising Leaf defenseman Dion Phaneuf.
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Later in the game, however, he scored his first NHL goal after a lightning-quick exchange with Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson (go to 5:13 of the following video to see Da Costa’s goal).
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