Binnington makes 31 saves, Blues hold off Senators 2-1 – Ottawa | Globalnews.ca
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Neighbours and Noel Acciari scored first-period goals and Jordan Binnington made 31 saves to lead the St. Louis Blues over the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Monday night.
St. Louis broke a two-game skid and beat the Senators for the seventh time in nine meetings.
Tim Stutzle scored for Ottawa, which has lost four of five.
Acciari pounced on a miscue by Senators goalie Cam Talbot to make it 2-0. Talbot partially fanned on a clearing attempt, giving Acciari an open net.
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Neighbours scored from close range off a pass from Calle Rosen, who broke loose on the right wing.
Ottawa ended a four-period scoring drought when Stutzle converted from the slot in the second off a pass from Brady Tkachuk, a St. Louis native. Stutzle leads the Senators with 19 goals.
St. Louis, which is 9-10-2 at home, managed just 12 shots over the first two periods.
Binnington, who lost two of his three previous starts, improved to 17-14-3. He stopped a backhander from Claude Giroux from close range with 5:37 left.
St. Louis earned its 2,000th win all-time, becoming the eighth NHL team to reach that mark. The Blues entered the league in 1967.
Talbot made 18 saves for the Senators, who were coming off a 7-0 loss to Colorado on Saturday.
INJURY UPDATES
Ottawa D Artem Zub sat out after sustaining a lower-body injury Saturday. … St. Louis RW Vladimir Tarasenko is expected back some time this week. He participated in the pregame skate Monday. Tarasenko has been out since Dec. 31 with a hand injury.
UP NEXT
Senators: Host the Penguins on Wednesday before a rematch in Pittsburgh on Friday.
Blues: Take on Nashville on Thursday in their fifth successive home game.
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