Tim Stutzle scored twice and added two assists as the Ottawa Senators rolled past the St. Louis Cardinals. The visiting St. Louis Blues are 8-1 on Tuesday night.
Brady Tkachuk and Adam Gaudette also had two goals apiece for the Senators, who are on a two-game losing streak.
Josh Norris and Noah Gregor also scored for Ottawa. Drake Batherson and Claude Giroux each had two assists, while goaltender Linus Ullmark made 26 saves.
Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues, who lost their second game in a row.
The goalkeeper of St. Louis Joel Hofer allowed five goals on 21 shots before being pulled in the second half.
Blues striker Kasperi Kapanen was ruled out of the game for the second time due to an upper back injury.
The Senators outshot the Blues 16-8 in the first half while taking a 3-0 lead.
Ottawa needed just 64 seconds to score. Giroux raced down the left wing and fed Norris flying down the middle for the rebound.
The Senators made it 2-0 at the 4:44 mark. Michael Amadio moved up the ice and fed Gregor with his shot from the left wing.
The Senators converted a two-on-one break to make it 3-0 with 4:56 left in the period. Stutzle stole the puck, raced up the right wing and fired a shot past Hofer.
Tkachuk scored a power-play goal from the slot 8:55 into the second period to push the margin to 4-0.
2:13 later, Tkachuk repeated with the man advantage. He blasted home a shot from the top of the right circle to make it 5-0.
Jordan Binington replaced Hofer and allowed Gaudette’s goal from close range on the first shot he faced as the Senators pushed to a 6-0 lead at 11:50 of the second.
Stutzle made it 7-0 at 7:31 of the third period when he converted Thomas Chabot’s cross into the right side of the net.
Holloway spoiled Ullmark’s shutout bid with a power-play marker with 10:56 left in the game. But Gaudette made it 8-1 at 15:27 by beating the Blues in front of their net.
–Field Level Media
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