3 takeaways from Senators' dominating 8-1 win at home against Blues

2. The offense simply can't be stopped

On the three-game West Coast road trip, the Senators offense scored four goals in each of the three games. Against the Blues, the Senators offense showed no signs of slowing down, and that the offense needs to be recognized as one of the best.

The Senators scored three goals in the first period and second period and two goals in the third period. The Senators chased Blues goaltender Joel Hofer from the net after Brady Tkachuk scored his second goal of the game on the powerplay to make it 5-0 Senators in the second period. Just 42 seconds later after Jordan Binnington came in for Hofer, Adam Gaudette scored to make it 6-0 Senators. Gaudette also scored another goal in the third period to now have four goals scored in the past three games.

Tim Stutzle remained hot with recording two goals and two assists. Both of Stutzle's assists came on both of Tkachuk's powerplay goals. Drake Batherson recorded two assists and Claude Giroux extended his point streak to seven games. Nick Cousins has also picked up points in back-to-back games after going pointless through the first seven games of the season.

When the Senators offense is dominating, it causes the rest of the team to play together so much stronger. With tonight's game, the Senators have scored 25 goals in the past five games. The offense closed out October in strong fashion with having two games with eight goals scored.