Brady Tkachuk's hat trick powered the Ottawa Senators past the Blue Jackets 6-3 at Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday.
1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
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BLUE JACKETS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
OTT SENATORS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
1st Period
Dmitri Voronkov opened the scoring at 7:11 when Kent Johnson took space given to him and drove below the goalline before threading a backhand pass through Ottawa defenders and off Voronkov's stick. With his 13th goal of the season, Voronkov is now third among NHL rookies in goals.
Lucky No. 13.
— Bally Sports Columbus (@BallySportsCBUS) February 14, 2024
Dmitri Voronkov scores on a deflection in front of the net to give the @BlueJacketsNHL a 1-0 lead over the Senators.#CBJ pic.twitter.com/dJk78iT4e8
Just seconds after Vladimir Tarasenko hit the right post on a wide-open net, the Senators tied the game on the power play when Tkachuk scored on an open cage from the right doorstep thanks to some elite passing at 9:48.
Tic-Tac-Tkaptain! #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/4FkcCu0mLL
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 14, 2024
Tkachuk scored again after intercepting Johnny Gaudreau's pass to Zach Werenski in the offensive zone, taking the puck down the ice on a breakaway, shooting on Daniil Tarasov, and scoring on the rebound at 9:48.
A 7 Nation Army couldn't hold him back! #GoSensGo https://t.co/hvHpHjBUGl pic.twitter.com/Cwc10UMwjS
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 14, 2024
Ottawa doubled its lead at 14:46 when Claude Giroux wired a left-circle wrist shot on a two-on-one while short-handed.
Claude Giroux simply doing Claude Giroux things https://t.co/beIKBoeiCJ pic.twitter.com/xSK6fZlZTV
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 14, 2024
The Senators thought they scored 23 seconds later when Mathieu Joseph beat Tarasov on a short-handed rush but the Blue Jackets challenged the goal for goaltender interference and were successful.
Ottawa took a 3-1 lead into the second period along with a 10-6 advantage in shots on goal.
2nd Period
Ridly Greig pushed the Seantors' lead to three at 5:37 when he deflected Tarasenko's left-point slap-shot past Tarasov.
Boy, Ridly sure is getting a lot of experience deflecting heat from slap shots in front of the net these days https://t.co/jTq92ZhxDj pic.twitter.com/JPPgwgZoy6
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 14, 2024
Boone Jenner answered with his 16th of the season at 10:41 with a left-circle wrist shot past Anton Forsberg thanks to assists from Gaudreau and Werenski.
Make it snappy!@BlueJacketsNHL captain Boone Jenner scores on a wrist shot midway through the second period to cut into Ottawa's lead.#CBJ pic.twitter.com/1uF18DslkL
— Bally Sports Columbus (@BallySportsCBUS) February 14, 2024
Jack Roslovic cut the Ottawa lead to one at 13:54 with his third goal of the year on a bad-angle shot from the bottom of the left circle through traffic.
A "No-Look" tally.
— Bally Sports Columbus (@BallySportsCBUS) February 14, 2024
Jack Roslovic cuts Ottawa's lead to one with his no-look shot into the back of the net in the second period.#CBJ | @BlueJacketsNHL pic.twitter.com/do6jujjAau
Tkachuk completed his hat trick at 16:48 after Giroux went around a fallen Provorov--who blocked a Giroux shot earlier in the shit--and found Tkachuk at the netmouth.
Tkaptrick! #GoSensGo https://t.co/fZEKyHLCMW pic.twitter.com/k7lcu9fk8g
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 14, 2024
The Senators took a 5-3 lead into the third period while trailing 23-19 in shots on goal.
3rd Period
Erik Brannstrom iced the game at 19:52 with a long-range empty-net goal.
With the 6-3 loss, the Blue Jackets fell to 16-26-10.
Stats
- Shots on Goal: CBJ 40-30 OTT
- Face-off %: CBJ 55.7-44.3 OTT
- Power play: CBJ 0/4-2/5 OTT
- Giveaways: CBJ 9-11 OTT
- Takeaways: CBJ 8-10 OTT
- Blocked shots: CBJ 10-19 OTT
- Hits: CBJ 31-24 OTT
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5-on-5 stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
- Expected Goals (xG): CBJ 3.07-1.95 OTT
- Shot Attempts (CF): CBJ 58-35 OTT
- Shots on Goal (SF): CBJ 31-20 OTT
- Scoring Chances (SCF): CBJ 27-20 OTT
- High-Danger Chances (HDCF): CBJ 13-10 OTT
Injury Update
- Yegor Chinakhov missed Tuesday's game with an upper-body injury he suffered on Saturday.
- Patrik Laine entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and will be away from the team indefinitely.
- Adam Fantilli suffered a calf laceration on Jan. 28 and is expected to miss eight weeks.
Next Up
The Blue Jackets take on the San Jose Sharks on Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
They'll continue their road trip on Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. ET against the Kings in Los Angeles on Bally Sports Ohio.