BLUES 4, SENATORS 0
A night about redemption for the Ottawa Senators ended in frustration.
Coming off a 4-2 loss to the Stars in Dallas on Thursday, which captain Brady Tkachuk called “embarrassing” and “unacceptable,” the Senators were determined to get their act together in the Show Me State against the St. Louis Blues.
Instead, the Senators continued to fall apart at the seams with their fourth loss in five games, this one a 4-0 decision at the Enterprise Center with Brandon Saad scoring a natural hat trick for the Blues.
It’s the first time in 38 games this season Ottawa was shutout.
“We didn’t create enough,” Ottawa coach Travis Green told TSN 1200’s Gord Wilson. “Offensively, their top guys got four of them and we’ve got to find a way to get some more offence out of our group. We’re playing well defensively.”
The Senators are still sitting in the final wildcard spot in the East, but they’d better find an answer to their doldrums soon. This was the club’s second straight loss, and it was uninspiring, to say the least.
RETURN OF ANTON
Three weeks after suffering an undisclosed lower-body injury in the gym before a game, Forsberg returned to the net for this one.
He hasn’t been at his best this season and that trend continued as Saad’s second goal of the night gave the Blues a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes.
Forsberg missed six games with the ailment and dressed as the backup in Dallas, but this was his first appearance since Dec. 8. His absence hasn’t been easy with Linus Ullmark out with a back ailment he suffered on Dec. 22 in Edmonton that has forced him to miss 17 days.
