Oilers fall 7-2 to Senators in Ottawa

OTTAWA — Milan Michalek had two goals and an assist to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 7-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon.

Kyle Turris, Cody Ceci, Alex Chiasson, Mike Hoffman and David Legwand also scored for the Senators (22-22-10). Robin Lehner, making his eighth straight start, stopped 25 shots before 17,160 fans at Canadian Tire Centre.

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Derek Roy and Mark Fayne scored for Edmonton (16-32-9). Viktor Fasth allowed three goals on 15 shots before being replaced by Richard Bachman, who surrendered four goals on 27 shots.

The seven goals tied a season high for Ottawa. The second was a goaltender’s nightmare as four goals were scored on five shots.

With the game tied 1-1, Ottawa scored twice within 16 seconds.

Ceci beat Fasth from the faceoff circle and shortly after Michalek and Turris completed a 2-on-1 with Turris registering his 12th of the season.