Senators shoot down ducks 6-2

The Ottawa Senators put on an impressive show against the league leading Anaheim Ducks cruising to a 6-2 victory.

The Ottawa Senators got off to a great start. Just 2 minutes into the game Milan Michalek scores his 3^rd goal of the season. Just the 3^rd shot on net by the Senators goes in as Mark Stone buries the rebound. Ottawa  would lead  2-0 after one despite being outshot 12-7 by Anaheim after one.

The Senators follow up the first period with an impressive 2^nd period. Late in the 2^nd period, Kyle Turris scores a highlight reel goal scoring shorthanded giving the Senators a 3-0 lead. Just 20 seconds later Mike Hoffman wires it past Ilya Bryzgalov for a 4-0 lead. The Ducks would ruin Anderson’s shutout attempt late in the period as Ryan Getzlaf scores his 11^th goal of the season to trail 4-1.

Getzlaf wasn’t done, less than 2 minutes into the 3^rd period the Ducks captain, cuts in for his 2^nd goal of the game to trail 4-2. The Senators would get that back as Bobby Ryan feeds it to Hoffman for his 2^nd goal of the game, his team leading 10^th goal of the season. Mika Zibanejad rounded out the scoring for a 6-2 final.

The Senators win their 2^nd straight game. It’s their first winning streak since early November. The Senators are in Montreal tomorrow night.