Already without J.T Miller, the Canucks didn't miss a beat after losing their top defenceman to a first period ejection.

Another game, another night of frustration in Ottawa.

The Senators lost their fifth straight game and fifth straight at home, falling 4-3 to the Vancouver Canucks. Jake DeBrusk scored twice and added an assist for the Canucks, who added to the Sens frustration with an unappreciated little game of keep away during a delayed penalty in the third period.

The Canucks dominated the pace of play in the first ten minutes. That was halted briefly when Vancouver's top defenseman Quinn Hughes was assessed a five minute major and a game misconduct. Hughes was ejected after cross checking Sens centre Josh Norris in the back, sending him face first into the end boards. Initially, the entire fan base held its breath, briefly worried he might have hurt that shoulder again. But it turned out to be a simple cut to the mouth.

The Sens did absolutely nothing with the ensuing five minute power play.

With Artem Zub off with his second minor penalty of the period, Jake DeBrusk set up in front and tipped Conor Garland's shot past Linus Ullmark, making it 1-0 late in the first.

David Perron was fortunate to escape injury early in the game. Jake Sanderson had the puck ten feet outside the blue line and Perron wasn't expecting him to take a hard slapshot on net. But he did, and the shot caught him flush on the skate. 

Early in the second, Brady Tkachuk tied the game, tucking home a rebound to make it 1-1 with his team-leading 10th goal of the year. 

But less than six minutes later, the Canucks ripped back the momentum on a goal by Teddy Blueger. Blueger arrived late to the scene on what appeared at first to be a harmless two-on-two situation. But there was absolutely no defensive support from Ottawa's forwards. Blueger's wrist shot beat Ullmark from the right faceoff dot. It wasn't a bad goal, but it's the kind you hope your superstar goalie will make in these circumstances.

Four minutes later, Tyler Kleven got caught up in the neutral zone on a pinch, setting up a two on one that DeBrusk finished off.

Early in the third, Tim Stutzle slammed a loose puck into the Vancouver net but the whistle had clearly been blown, too early as it turned out. The puck was obviously loose in a goalmouth scramble.

Vancouver made it 4-1 when Ullmark kicked a bad angle DeBrusk shot right back into heavy traffic. Kiefer Sherwood batted the loose puck home.

The most memorable moment in the game will likely go down as the game of keep away. The Sens bench was enraged when Vancouver used a delayed penalty and a 6 on 5 to waste time against Ottawa for 1:45. As a player, Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet probably would have ripped someone's head off if some had done that against one of his teams. That led to skirmishes by both Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle. 

The Sens made a late charge on goals from Claude Giroux and Stutzle. Stutzle made it a one goal game with 44 seconds to go and despite the late push, the Sens couldn't find the equalizer. 

The Sens are now 1-10 in games where they give up the first goal. Their record is now 8-11-1, and they'll try and salvage something from this four game homestand when they host the Calgary Flames on Monday night.