Suter, Neighbours and McTavish score twice as Blues beat Senators 7-2
Adam Jiricek scored his first NHL goal and Pavel Buchnevich had three assists as St. Louis ended Ottawa's three-game winning streak.
Pius Suter, Jake Neighbours and Mason McTavish each had a two-goal night as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Ottawa Senators 7-2 at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
St. Louis scored four times in the third period to turn a 3-1 lead into a comfortable victory. The Blues improved to 3-2-1 with their second straight win; Ottawa fell to 5-2-0, ending a three-game winning streak.
Suter struck short-handed at 14:28 of the first period after Colton Parayko set up his breakaway. Neighbours added a goal at 13:20 of the second.
Claude Giroux brought Ottawa within one at 17:52, with Tim Stützle supplying the assist. McTavish answered at 18:25, converting a Jonatan Berggren pass near the crease.
Suter scored again at 7:54 of the third. Neighbours followed at 14:46, and McTavish’s power-play goal at 15:33 stretched the lead to 6-1.
Adam Jiricek scored his first NHL goal at 16:32 in his sixth appearance. Fabian Zetterlund supplied Ottawa’s final goal on the power play at 18:33.
Pavel Buchnevich had three assists, while Suter and McTavish each added one. Joel Hofer made 15 saves for St. Louis, and Samuel Ersson stopped 19 shots for Ottawa.
