OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) 鈥� Brady Tkachuk, Tim St眉tzle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators beat the St. Louis Blues 8-1 on Tuesday night.
The game was delayed 30 minutes due to power outage at the Canadian Tire Centre, but the Senators offense came out fully charged after that.
Josh Norris scored a minute into the game, while Noah Gregor added another just three minutes later before St眉tzle 鈥� who snapped a six-game goalless drought 鈥� added his first of the game.
Linus Ullmark made 26 saves to record his second victory of the season.
The Senators chased Blues鈥� starting goalie Joel Hofer after he let in five goals 鈥� including back-to-back power-play efforts from Tkachuk in the second period 鈥� on 21 shots.
Jordan Binnington allowed three goals in relief.
The Blues finally got on the board with a power-play goal from Dylan Holloway at 9:04 of the third period.
It was the second time in 15 days the Senators scored eight goals, after over the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 14.
Takeaways
Blues: St. Louis has surrendered 13 goals over two games after on Saturday.
Senators: The team鈥檚 offense was firing on all cylinders led by a four-point night from St眉tzle, who has now recorded an assist in a career-high five games.
Key moment
Norris scored his fourth goal of the season with a nifty backhand 1:04 into the game after a cross-ice feed from Claude Giroux. Giroux extended his point streak to seven games.
Key stat
Zack Ostapchuk notched his first NHL point, recording an assist on Gregor鈥檚 first-period goal. Tuesday marked Ostapchuk鈥檚 eighth career NHL game.
Up next
The Blues visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. The Senators visit the New York Rangers on Friday.
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