OTTAWA -- Joel Hofer made 41 saves, and the St. Louis Blues held on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.

Hofer made 16 saves in the third period, including a point-blank stop on Tim Stutzle with nine seconds remaining to preserve the lead.

Jake Neighbours scored twice for the Blues (10-12-7), who defeated the Senators for the second time in eight days (also 4-3 at Enterprise Center on Nov. 28).

Fabian Zetterlund scored, and Linus Ullmark made 18 saves for the Senators (13-11-4), who have lost four of their past five games.

Blues forward Jordan Kyrou left the game at 2:52 of the first period with a lower-body injury after taking a hit from Senators forward Stephen Halliday.

Ottawa outshot St. Louis 15-2 in the first. The Senators were 0-for-4 in

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