Matthew Kessel scored the decisive goal as the St. Louis Blues held off the visiting Ottawa Senators 4-3 Friday afternoon.

Oskar Sundqvist, Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for the Blues, who have earned a point in five of their last six games (2-1-3).

Jordan Binnington made 25 saves and somehow survived Ottawa's last-minute flurry while the Senators were playing 6-on-5.

Shane Pinto, Fabian Zetterlund and David Perron scored and Leevi Merilainen made 27 saves for the Senators, who are 3-2-0 on their seven-game road trip.

Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk, who had been sidelined by a thumb injury, earned an assist in his first game since Oct. 13.

Moments into the game, St. Louis' Brayden Schenn blocked a shot with his stick, then took off on a breakaway. But when Schenn went to

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