Ottawa Senators at Utah Hockey Club
· National Hockey LeagueOttawa routs Utah 4-0 for 1st road win of the season
Batherson, Claude Giroux, Ridly Greig and Brady Tkachuk all scored in the first period as the Senators earned their first road shutout since 2021. It was Utah's first home loss.
Utah's Connor Ingram had five first-period saves before he was replaced in net by Karel Vejmelka, who made 14 stops.
Batherson and Giroux scored less than 90 seconds apart for a 2-0 lead. Both were assisted by Nick Jensen.
Greig added an unassisted while on the power play. Tkachuk snapped the puck around Ingram’s side to put the Senators up 4-0.
Utah: Capitalizing on scoring chances ended up being a huge problem. Utah attacked relentlessly and outshot Ottawa 31-22 but still came away empty-handed.
OTT leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
Goal | 1st Period 11:43 | Drake Batherson Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Josh Norris (3), Nick Jensen (3) | |
Goal | 1st Period 13:06 | Claude Giroux Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Jensen (4) | |
Goal | 1st Period 18:05 | Ridly Greig Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: none | |
Goal | 1st Period 19:52 | Brady Tkachuk Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Thomas Chabot (2), Tim Stützle (5) |
Statistics
OTT | UTAH | |
---|---|---|
16 | Blocked Shots | 12 |
38 | Hits | 29 |
9 | Takeaways | 1 |
22 | Shots | 31 |
1 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
1 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
100.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
24 | Faceoffs Won | 35 |
40.7 | Faceoff Win Percent | 59.3 |
16 | Giveaways | 17 |
4 | Total Penalties | 3 |
8 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |