St. Louis Blues Suffer Crushing 8-1 Defeat Against Ottawa Senators
The Blues' struggle with turnovers and penalties led to their worst loss in nearly four years.
- The Blues trailed by three goals after the first period due to poor puck management and turnovers.
- Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle each scored twice, contributing significantly to the Senators' victory.
- St. Louis goaltender Joel Hofer was replaced by Jordan Binnington after allowing five goals on 21 shots.
- A power outage delayed the start of the game by over 20 minutes, affecting the pre-game warmup.
- Blues forward Kasperi Kapanen left the game with an upper-body injury after a hit in the second period.