OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators scored four goals in a span of 5:26 in a 7-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.
The Senators (20-19-9) took a 3-1 lead with goals by Milan Michalek and Mark Stone off the rush two minutes apart late in the second period.
They took a 5-1 lead with another two goals 20 seconds apart by Bobby Ryan and Jean-Gabriel Pageau early in the third.
After Pageau's goal, Coyotes goaltender Louis Domingue, who was recalled from Portland of the American Hockey League before the game, made his NHL debut after replacing Mike Smith in net.
Smith made 15 saves on 20 shots and the Coyotes (17-26-6) lost for the eighth time in their past nine games.
Domingue made nine saves and allowed goals to Senators captain Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad.
Zbynek Michalek and Sam Gagner scored for Arizona.
Ottawa goaltender Robin Lehner, starting his second straight game after No. 1 goaltender Craig Anderson sustained a hand injury, made 35 saves.
The victory ended a five-game losing streak for Lehner, whose last win was Dec. 13.
Senators coach Dave Cameron said Anderson skated Saturday and could be available to play Tuesday when the Senators play the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center.
Milan Michalek's snap shot found the top corner over Smith's left shoulder at 16:51 of the second period. He took a pass from veteran center David Legwand, who was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the last two games, and scored his seventh goal.
Legwand replaced forward Alex Chiasson, who sustained an injury against the Dallas Stars on Thursday.
Mark Stone scored his 12th goal at 18:54 assisted by Legwand and defenseman Marc Methot.
Legwand curled inside the Coyotes blue line and fed a pass to Methot. His shot was deflected by Stone.
The teams exchanged goals in the first 69 seconds of the game.
Zbynek Michalek gave the Coyotes a 1-0 lead 40 seconds into the game when his shot from the point was deflected by the arm of Methot and found the net in the top corner behind Lehner stick side.
The Senators tied it at 1:09 when Ottawa rookie forward Mike Hoffman scored his 17th goal, all at even strength, after Coyotes forward Brandon McMillan fell in the corner to Smith's left and lost the puck.
Hoffman is tied with Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators for the NHL lead in goals among rookies.
The Coyotes were called for five straight minor penalties throughout the rest of the first period, including a 90-second 5-on-3 disadvantage, but killed them off.
After failing to score, Cameron resorted to starting his fourth line of Pageau, Erik Condra and Chris Neil on the last two power plays of the period.
Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips played his 1,178th game for the Senators, tying former Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson's record.
Phillips, who has played most of those games on the left side, shifted over to the right Saturday and played with Mark Borowiecki, who made his return to the lineup after missing 12 games after sustaining a lacerated leg in a pre-game soccer warm-up Dec. 27.
Senators defenseman Eric Gryba was a healthy scratch for the first time this season.
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