2 quick takeaways from Senators' awful third period collapse against Golden Knights

The Ottawa Senators went from one tough environment in Salt Lake City to another tough environment in Sin City as they met the Vegas Golden Knights.

Heading into Vegas, the Senators had lost their past five games against the Golden Knights in Vegas, but the Senators headed into the game with momentum after their 4-0 shutout win against the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, the Senators had a horrific collapsed in the final minutes of the game.

The Golden Knights defeated the Senators 6-4 at T-Mobile Arena to drop the Senators to 4-3-0 on the season, and ended the Senators' two-game winning streak.

What once looked like a promising game to start, would turn into a back-and-forth game. Then in the third period, it got ugly in just a blink of an eye.

2. Offense stayed hot, but didn't score when needed

Over the past two games, the Senators' offense recorded nine goals. Tonight in Vegas, the offense showed out again, but didn't come through when needed.

The Senators exploded for three goals in the first period. The Senators have scored six first period goals over the past two games. Adaum Gaudette, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson scored the three goals in the first period. Cole Reinhardt also recorded his first NHL point on Gaudette's goal in the first period. Defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker also recorded his first point of the season.

Gaudette recorded another goal in the second period. Gaudette scored his first NHL goal since Feb. 13, 2022, and his first two-goal game since Nov. 27, 2019.

Pressure was on Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill all game. Through 40 minutes, the Senators recorded 28 shots on goal, but Hill turned it around in the third period and stopped all 11 Senators shots on goal to improve the Golden Knights to 5-3-1. Brady Tkachuk had his six-game point streak snapped in the loss as well.