Senators overule Islanders

Senators celebrate one of five goals (Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images

          After going on a roll, winning five of six games, the Islanders suffered their second consecutive loss, falling to the Ottawa Senators 5-1.
          After the two teams traded goals in the first, the Senators pulled away, scoring three goals in a span of ten minutes in the second period. 
          The Islanders did take the early lead in the first.  Defenseman Mark Streit jumped up on the play and took a pass from behind the net, from center John Tavares, and buried a snap shot past the Senators goaltender, Craig Anderson.  The goal was Streit's seventh of the year.  About ten minutes later, at the 16:40 mark, center Kyle Turris would score his first of two goals, burying a wrist shot over the sprawling Isles goaltender, Al Montoya, to tie the game.
          The second period was all Senators.  Starting at the 3:09 mark when defenseman Sergei Gonchar would bury a one-timer by Montoya, to make it 2-1.  The goal was Gonchar's fifth of the year.  Just about three minutes later, at the 6:00 mark, left winger Milan Michalek would bury a backhander by Montoya, to give the Senators the 3-1 lead.  The goal was Michalek's thirty-fifth of the year.  The Senators would pile on, when at the 13:21 mark, left winger Nick Foligno dove for the rebound left by Montoya, and buried it into the back of the net, to make it 4-1.  The goal was Foligno's fifteenth of the year.  
          The rout would continue into the third.  At the 7:00 mark, the Senators would net the last goal of the game, when Turris would get his own rebound and relentlessly swing at the puck before it finally went in.  The goals were Turris' eleventh and twelfth of the year. 
          The Isles have only three games left, with two on the road and one at home.  They play one of those road games against the Devils on Tuesday.  Puck drop is 7 PM.