Pius Suter and Mason McTavish each tallied two goals and an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 7-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday. Jake Neighbours also scored twice for St. Louis, which pulled away with a four-goal burst in the third period.
Suter opened the scoring shorthanded at 14:28 of the first period, converting a snap shot off feeds from Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich. Neighbours doubled the advantage with a wrist shot at 13:20 of the second period. Ottawa answered when Claude Giroux netted his first goal of the season at 17:52, but McTavish answered just 33 seconds later with a backhand goal to give the Blues a 3-1 edge heading into the intermission.
St. Louis broke the contest open in the final frame. Suter registered his second goal with a slap shot at 7:54, followed by Neighbours' second goal of the night at 14:46. McTavish struck again on the power play at 15:33, and Adam Jiricek added his first goal of the season at 16:32 to make it 7-1. Fabian Zetterlund rounded out the scoring for Ottawa with a late power-play goal at 18:33.
Joel Hofer turned aside 16 of the 18 shots he faced in net to earn the win for the Blues. At the other end, Samuel Ersson made 19 saves on 26 shots for the Senators. St. Louis converted one of its three power plays while also scoring shorthanded, and Ottawa finished 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
The victory pushed the Blues to a 3-2-1 record on the season and extended their winning streak to two games. Ottawa fell to 5-2-0 with the loss.
Both clubs now look ahead to home matchups next week. The Blues return to the ice on Tuesday, October 20, when they host the Winnipeg Jets. The Senators continue at home against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, October 21.
