With 14 goals in their past two games, the Ottawa Senators' offensive woes are definitely a thing of the past. 

Martin Gerber made 37 saves and benefited from ample offensive support as the visiting Senators skated to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs before a spillover crowd of 19,485 at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday.

Patrick Eaves lands an early punch on Darcy Tucker, who won the fight.
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It marked the third meeting between the Northeast Division rivals this season, with a fourth scheduled Thursday at Scotiabank Place (7:30 p.m. ET).

"It was a big effort tonight," Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson said. "Everybody contributed."

Mike Fisher, Andrej Meszaros, Patrick Eaves, Antoine Vermette, Dany Heatley and Chris Neil had one goal and one assist apiece for the Senators, who scored only 11 times in their first six games before finally flexing some offensive muscle on Saturday.

Ottawa entered Saturday's showdown with the New Jersey Devils having lost four of five games, but emerged with an 8-1 victory and brimming with confidence.

That translated into an insurmountable 5-0 lead at Toronto.

"Some of our better players are playing better," Senators head coach Bryan Murray said. "Whether that's a sign we have turned the corner, I don't know."

Matt Stajan and Mats Sundin scored for the Maple Leafs, losers in three of their past four outings.

Ian White added two assists.

Andrew Raycroft was nicked for five goals on 21 shots before giving way to Jean-Sebastien Aubin, who stopped 9-of-10 shots in the third period.

"We just did not compete hard enough," Maple Leafs head coach Paul Maurice said. "We did not compete in a manner that we need to."

Fisher reels in Raycroft 

Fisher took a nifty pass from Tom Preissing and deked Raycroft for his first goal of the season to open the scoring 2:42 into the contest.

"We've got to play with passion, with an edge," Fisher said. "And we seem to be doing that more in the last couple of games.

"We're feeding off each other. We're finally finding the net and getting confidence."

Meszaros scored his first on a shot from the point at the 14:47 mark and Eaves whisked in a rebound for his second on a power play with 14 seconds left in the first period.

The mild-mannered Eaves later completed what is jokingly called the "Gordie Howe" hat trick — a goal, an assist and a fight — as he got into a scrap with Darcy Tucker, who won the bout decisively.

"Good for Patty — his first career fight," said Senators enforcer Brian McGratten, who fought Wade Belak in the first period.

"The last couple games were pretty calm, so it was just a matter of time. It didn't get too out of control tonight."

Vermette and Heatley each tallied their third on power plays at 3:21 and 7:21 of the second period, respectively, to increase Ottawa's advantage to 5-0 before Stajan replied with his fourth at 8:10.

"We did a good job backchecking and forcing them to turn the puck over," said Senators forward Jason Spezza, who recorded one assist. 

After Sundin scored his fifth on a hard shot 85 seconds into the third period, Stajan appeared to cut the deficit to 5-3 when he slipped a rebound under Gerber after Jeff O'Neill rang a shot off the crossbar.

However, video review confirmed that Stajan kicked the puck into the net and it remained 5-2.

"We didn't have the jump we had in previous games and, when you're playing a good team like that, that's what happens, you're down three goals in a hurry," Sundin said.

"They're a team that, if you fall behind, they're tough to play against. We knew we needed to have a good start against them. And we didn't."

Neil completed the scoring with his second with 15:42 remaining.

With files from the Canadian Press