Michalek scores twice as Senators beat Oilers 7-2

Final

Series (Game 2 of 2)

Oilers 2

(16-32-9, 41 pts)

Senators 7

(22-22-10, 54 pts)

2:00PM,EST,February 14,2015
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

	1	2	3	T
EDM	1	1	0	2
OTT	1	4	2	7

M. Michalek (Senators - LW): Goals: 2, Assists: 1
M. Hoffman (Senators - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 1
M. Stone (Senators - RW): Goals: 0, Assists: 2

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

Sens Dominate Oilers

Milan Michalek scored two goals in the Senators' 7-2 win over the Oilers.

Tags: NHL, Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators, Milan Michalek, Cody Ceci, Kyle Turris

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Milan Michalek is hoping his performance on Saturday is a sign of things to come.
Michalek, who opened the season with just two goals in his first 27 games, scored twice and had an assist as the Ottawa Senators routed the Edmonton Oilers 7-2.
"Hopefully, I'm getting my confidence back and feeling much more comfortable on the ice," said Michalek, who now has six goals in his last 13 games. "I'm a streaky guy, most guys are, but hopefully I can keep it going."
Kyle Turris, Cody Ceci, Alex Chiasson, Mike Hoffman and David Legwand also scored as the Senators matched their season high for goals.
Robin Lehner, making his eighth straight start for Ottawa, stopped 25 shots.
"When we're successful it's everybody kicking in," Senators coach Dave Cameron said. "It's always nice when you get multiple guys scoring because that's a multiple dose of confidence. The more confidence you can have on your team, spreading throughout your team, obviously the better chance you're going to have."
Derek Roy and Mark Fayne scored for Edmonton. Viktor Fasth allowed three goals on 15 shots before being replaced by Richard Bachman, who gave up four goals on 27 shots.
With the game tied at 1 in the middle period, Ottawa scored twice within 16 seconds. Ceci beat Fasth from the faceoff circle, then Turris finished off a 2-on-1 with Michalek for his 12th goal of the season.
It also ended Fasth's afternoon as Bachman made his first appearance in an NHL game since 2013.
"Before today we put three really good games together," Edmonton coach Todd Nelson said. "I don't know where that came from. You could tell right off the first five minutes we were struggling."

Game notes

Ottawa's Chris Neil broke his left thumb while fighting Luke Gadzic in the second period. Neil will be out indefinitely."When you see a player get hurt you feel for him," Cameron said. "For every player that's out it's an opportunity and that's how we're going to look at it."

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Game Information

Arena: Canadian Tire Centre Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Referees: Marc Joannette, TJ Luxmore Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Scott Cherrey

Attendance: 17,160 (92.8% full)

Team Stat Comparison

Edmonton		Ottawa
2	Goals		7
0	Power Play Goals		2
2	Power Play Opportunities		2
0	Shorthanded Goals		0
4	Penalties		3
19	Penalty Minutes		9
27	Shots on Goal		42
25	Hits		48
26	Faceoffs Won		26

Scoring Summary

1st Period			EDM	OTT
7:18		Milan Michalek (9) (Power Play) Assists: Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson	0	1
15:17		Derek Roy (6) Assists: Ryan Hamilton, Nail Yakupov	1	1
2nd Period			EDM	OTT
0:41		Cody Ceci (4) Assists: Erik Condra, Alex Chiasson	1	2
0:57		Kyle Turris (12) Assists: Mark Stone, Milan Michalek	1	3
3:06		Mark Fayne (2) Assists: Jeff Petry, Andrew Ference	2	3
3:44		Milan Michalek (10) Assists: Kyle Turris, Mark Stone	2	4
18:44		Alex Chiasson (9) Assists: Erik Condra, Erik Karlsson	2	5
3rd Period			EDM	OTT
14:07		Mike Hoffman (19) Assists: Mika Zibanejad, Bobby Ryan	2	6
15:59		David Legwand (8) (Power Play) Assists: Patrick Wiercioch, Bobby Ryan	2	7