Stützle and Halliday help Senators beat Panthers 5-1
Ottawa scored five unanswered goals after Brady Tkachuk opened the scoring in his first visit since the trade to Florida.
Ottawa answered Brady Tkachuk’s opening goal with five of its own to beat Florida 5-1 at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Tim Stützle and Stephen Halliday each contributed a goal and an assist as the Senators ended the Panthers’ three-game winning streak.
Tkachuk put Florida ahead on the power play at 10:00 of the first period in his first game back in Ottawa since the June 21 trade. Stützle replied with a power-play goal at 14:13, finishing a pass from Jake Sanderson.
Claude Giroux broke the tie at 9:34 of the second period, and Shane Pinto extended Ottawa’s lead at 17:18. Warren Foegele and Halliday completed the scoring in the third.
Sanderson had two assists in his return after missing eight games with a lower-body injury. Ottawa improved to 7-3-0, while Florida fell to 5-3-2.
Linus Ullmark left early in the third period with a lower-body injury after making 17 saves on 18 shots. Samuel Ersson stopped the one shot he faced in relief. Akira Schmid made 25 saves for Florida, according to the NHL’s final boxscore.
