Ottawa Hits Early, Often

NHL

Alexei Yashin had three goals, including two of Ottawa’s five in the first period, as the Senators beat the St. Louis Blues 7-1 Tuesday night.

Senators 7, Blues 1

Ottawa 5 1 1 - 7

St. Louis 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Ottawa, Demitra 4 (Vial, McCleary), 2:03. 2, Ottawa, Cunneyworth 12 (Yashin, Gaudreau), 3:14. 3, Ottawa, Chorske 8 (Alfredsson), 4:11. 4, Ottawa, Yashin 5 (Cunneyworth, Laukkanen), 4:41 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Yashin 6 (Alfredsson, Cunneyworth), 18:59. Second period-6, Ottawa, Chorske 9 (Hill, Yashin), 1:02. 7, St. Louis, Pearson 2 (Pronger, Twist), 13:08. Third period-8, Ottawa, Yashin 7 (Cunneyworth), 6:35.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 11-7-7-25. St. Louis 8-18-7-33.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 5; St. Louis 0 of 4.Goalies-Ottawa, Rhodes 8-13-3 (33 shots-32 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 25-21-10 (2 shots-0 saves), Racine (16:46 first, 8-5), Fuhr (0:00 second, 15-13).A-19,736 (19,260).

Flames 5, Sharks 3

Calgary, Alberta

Gary Roberts scored three times and a power-play goal by German Titov early in the third period sent Calgary to a win over San Jose.

San Jose 2 0 1 - 3

Calgary 1 0 4 - 5

First period-1, San Jose, Yegorov 1 (Nolan, Kozlov), 6:48. 2, San Jose, Yegorov 2 (Kozlov, Ragnarsson), 19:40 (pp). 3, Calgary, Roberts 11 (Huscroft, Housley), 19:52. Second period-None. Third period-4, Calgary, Roberts 12 (Chiasson, Zalapski), :50. 5, Calgary, Titov 19 (Roberts, Housley), 5:23 (pp). 6, Calgary, Kennedy 3 (McCarthy, Millen), 13:14. 7, San Jose, Yegorov 3 (Kozlov, Nolan), 17:00 (pp). 8, Calgary, Roberts 13, 19:15 (en).

Shots on goal-San Jose 10-8-10-28. Calgary 16-11-8-36.Power-play opp.-San Jose 2 of 4; Calgary 1 of 8.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri, 14-24-1 (35 shots-31 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 11-9-3 (28-25).A-16,465 (20,230).

Notes

New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter will be out two to three weeks because of a groin injury.