Stutzle has 4 points, Senators cruise past Blues
Tkachuk, Gaudette each scores 2 for Ottawa
Blues at Senators | Recap
OTTAWA — Tim Stutzle had two goals and two assists for the Ottawa Senators in an 8-1 win against the St. Louis Blues at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday.
Brady Tkachuk and Adam Gaudette each scored twice, and Claude Giroux had two assists to extend his point streak to seven games for the Senators (5-4-0), who scored eight goals for the second time in just over two weeks (8-7 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 14). Linus Ullmark made 26 saves.
Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues (5-5-0), who were outshot 36-26. Joel Hofer allowed five goals on 21 shots, and Jordan Binnington made 12 saves in relief.
Josh Norris backhanded a centering pass from Giroux on the rush to give the Senators a 1-0 lead at 1:04 of the first period. Giroux has 11 points (five goals, six assists) during his streak.
Noah Gregor made it 2-0 at 4:44 when he took a cross-slot pass from Michael Amadio and scored with a wrist shot top right. Amadio, who signed a three-year, $7.8 million contract with Ottawa on July 1, got his first point with the Senators.
Stutzle elected to shoot on a 2-on-1 rush and beat Hofer with a snap shot low blocker to make it 3-0 at 15:04.
Tkachuk scored with a wrist shot between Hofer’s pads on the power play to make it 4-0 at 8:55 of the second period. The Senators captain scored his second of the period on a subsequent power play to make it 5-0 at 11:08.
Adam Gaudette made it 6-0 at 11:50 with a snap shot over Binnington’s glove from the slot.
Stutzle one-timed a cross slot pass from Thomas Chabot to make it 7-0 at 7:31 of the third period.
Holloway one-timed a cross-ice seam pass from Alexandre Texier on the power play to cut it to 7-1 at 9:04.
Gaudette scored on a Zack Bolduc giveaway in front of the net at 15:27 for the 8-1 final.