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Blues cool off hot Senators with 7-2 road win

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Wallace, L. (2026, October 14). Blues cool off hot Senators with 7-2 road win. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/blues-cool-off-hot-senators-with-7-2-road-win/article_f2a75a01-c7ff-58f2-941d-c204ac10697a.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-14 · by Lisa Wallace

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On Tuesday night in Ottawa, the St. Louis Blues defeated the Ottawa Senators with a score of 7-2. Pius Suter, Jake Neighbours, and Mason McTavish each scored twice for the Blues, who improved their record to 3-2-1. The Senators, despite goals from Claude Giroux and Fabian Zetterlund, fell to 5-2-0. This game marked the end of Ottawa’s three-game winning streak and was part of a challenging back-to-back series for them after Monday's win over New Jersey.
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On October 14, 2026, the St. Louis Blues defeated the Ottawa Senators with a score of 7-2 in an NHL game played at Ottawa. Pius Suter, Jake Neighbours, and Mason McTavish each scored two goals for the Blues, who improved their record to 3-2-1. The Senators, despite scoring goals from Claude Giroux and Fabian Zetterlund, dropped to a 5-2-0 record with this loss, ending their three-game winning streak. Samuel Ersson made 19 saves but faced criticism for his performance, now having a winless record of 0-2. The game marked the start of a three-game road trip for the Blues and was the second half of a back-to-back series for the Senators following Monday's victory against the New Jersey Devils. Ottawa’s power play also struggled, converting on only one out of four opportunities during the match.

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Lisa Wallace
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🔮 Takeaways Senators: Ottawa lacked the intensity it played with Wednesday against the Panthers and couldn’t bury its chances. Sharks:
🔮 Being able to compile wins now when they’re still missing top-pair defenceman Jake Sanderson and are without winger William Eklund for at least another 10-12 weeks is rewarding.
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🔮 With another hit to the blue line Jorian Donovan will slot in for Nikolas Matinpalo who was injured Monday against the Devils.
2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Blues cool off hot Senators with 7-2 road win
🔮 ” While it would be easy to call this a one-off there are issues that have to be of some concern to the Senators.
🔮 Ottawa had a 54-second two-man advantage later in the period but could not take advantage.
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Blues NHL OTTAWA Senators the St. Louis Blues

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Blues ORG · 8× Ersson PERSON · 4× OTTAWA GPE · 4× Senators ORG · 4× Giroux PERSON · 2× McTavish PERSON · 2× NHL ORG · 2× Neighbours PERSON · 2× Suter PERSON · 2× Pius Suter PERSON · 1×

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St. Louis took a 2-0 lead midway through the second when Neighbours stepped in with a shot from the top of the slot and wristed a shot through traffic to beat Ersson glove side.
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🔮 With another hit to the blue line Jorian Donovan will slot in for Nikolas Matinpalo who was injured Monday against the Devils.
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Claims (23 extracted, 0 hedged)

Pius Suter, Jake Neighbours and Mason McTavish each had a pair of goals Tuesday night to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 7-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. asserted
Suter → have → Senators
Adam Jiricek also scored for the Blues (3-2-1), while Joel Hofer stopped 15 shots. asserted
Hofer → score → shots
Claude Giroux and Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Senators (5-2-0). asserted
Giroux → score → Senators
Samuel Ersson, making his second start for Ottawa, made 19 saves. asserted
Ersson → make → saves
He’s now 0-2. asserted
He → ’ → ?
Ottawa was playing the back half of a back-to-back coming off a 4-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Monday. asserted
Ottawa → play → Monday
The loss halted the Senators three-game win streak. asserted
loss → halt → streak
The game marked the start of a three-game road trip for the Blues. asserted
game → mark → Blues
The Blues took a 4-1 lead midway through the third when Suter beat Ersson short side from a sharp angle. asserted
Suter → take → angle
Neighbours scored his second off a snap shot, McTavish scored on the power play, and Jiricek scored his first career goal to round out the scoring. asserted
Jiricek → score → scoring
Zetterlund added a late power-play goal to make it 7-2. asserted
it → add → goal
St. Louis took a 2-0 lead midway through the second when Neighbours stepped in with a shot from the top of the slot and wristed a shot through traffic to beat Ersson glove side. asserted
Neighbours → take → Ersson
Giroux cut the lead in half with 2:08 remaining in the second on a beautiful feed from Tim Stutzle, but the Blues responded 33 seconds later. asserted
Blues → cut → Stutzle
Some poor defensive zone coverage allowed McTavish to get a shot past Ersson from the top of the crease. asserted
McTavish → allow → crease
The Blues stifled the Senators for much of the second and outshot Ottawa 12-4. asserted
Blues → stifle → Ottawa
The Blues opened the scoring at 14:28 of the first period with a short-handed goal. asserted
Blues → open → goal
Colton Parayko won a battle along the boards and found Suter with some open space and he beat Ersson blocker side. asserted
he → win → Ersson
With another hit to the blue line Jorian Donovan will slot in for Nikolas Matinpalo who was injured Monday against the Devils. asserted
who → slot → Devils
Dylan Peterson made his NHL debut with the Blues Tuesday. asserted
Peterson → make → Blues
With his second-period goal, Giroux recorded his 1,170th career point, tying Bobby Hull for 59th on the NHL’s all-time scoring list. asserted
Giroux → record → list
Blues: Visit the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. asserted
Blues → visit → Thursday
Senators: Host the New York Islanders on Thursday. asserted
Senators → host → Thursday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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