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12/11 21:01 CST Sttzle scores 2 as Senators use 4-goal 1st period to beat Blue
Jackets 6--3
Sttzle scores 2 as Senators use 4-goal 1st period to beat Blue Jackets 6--3
By NICOLE KRAFT
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) --- Tim Sttzle scored twice, and the Ottawa Senators used
a four-goal first period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6--3 on Thursday
night, snapping a three-game skid.
Michael Amadio had a goal and two assists, David Perron and Drake Batherson
each had a goal and an assist, and Claude Giroux also scored. Dylan Cozens
finished with three assists, and Linus Ullmark made 22 saves for Ottawa, which
had lost six of its past eight but has now won two straight on the road.
Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets in his first game
back after missing 14 with an upper-body injury. Dante Fabbro and Dmitri
Voronkov also scored, and Zach Werenski added two assists as Columbus dropped
its fourth straight.
Elvis Merzlikins was pulled after making two saves on five shots, allowing
three goals for the 12th time in 13 starts. Jet Greaves stopped 21 in relief.
Perron opened the scoring at 6:58 of the first, poking in a loose rebound, and
Batherson doubled the lead just over a minute later with a wrister from outside
the crease. Sttzle's power-play goal with 5:05 left in the period made it 3--0
and sent Merzlikins to the bench.
Jenner cut the deficit with 1:56 remaining in the first, but Amadio restored
Ottawa's three-goal lead with 34 seconds to go.
Fabbro made it 4--2 at 3:02 of the second, and Voronkov pulled Columbus within
one on a power play at 8:10. Sttzle answered with his second of the night with
2:01 to go in the period, and Giroux sealed the win with an empty-netter with
1:23 remaining in the game.
Up next Senators: At Minnesota on Saturday. Blue Jackets: Host Las Vegas on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL |
