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Senators fall to Flyers in shootout
Sean Couturier scored the shootout winner as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 Saturday night. Philadelphia Flyers centre Sean Couturier scores on Ottawa Senators goaltender Marcus Hogberg during a shootout in Ottawa on Saturday. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)Despite losing 5-4 to the Philadelphia Flyers in a shootout Saturday night, the Ottawa Senators did plenty…
Sean Couturier scored the shootout winner as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 Saturday night.
Despite losing 5-4 to the Philadelphia Flyers in a shootout Saturday night, the Ottawa Senators did plenty to impress.
The Senators got some uplifting contributions from a number of players that left coach D.J. Smith feeling pretty good about his team's overall game.
Marcus Hogberg, who stopped 34 shots, made his third straight start as Anders Nilsson missed his second game with a concussion and Craig Anderson was not yet ready to return from a knee injury, but he did serve as the backup.
The 25-year-old was most impressive in overtime making a number of saves to keep the game going and made a big stop in the final minutes of regulation with the Senators (15-18-4) shorthanded.
“He was great,” said Smith. “He's been very good coming up from Belleville. He gave us every chance to win in Calgary, he was outstanding in Tampa, the game he won was probably an average game, and then he gave us every opportunity to win in the third period, made a save when it counts. I think the kid has been outstanding.”
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James Van Riemsdyk scored a pair of goals and Sean Couturier has the lone shootout goal as the Philadelphia Flyers squeaked past the Ottawa Senators 5-4. 1:53
Tyler Ennis scored twice and now has ten goals on the season, while Anthony Duclair extended his hot streak and Mark Borowiecki set a career high in goals with his fourth of the season.
Sean Couturier scored the shootout winner giving the Flyers three straight wins.
James van Riemsdyk led Philadelphia (20-11-5) with two goals, while Kevin Hayes and Jakub Voracek also scored. Brian Elliott made 30 saves.
“It was an entertaining game, a lot of chances from both sides, some great saves and a lot of goals,” said Flyers coach Alain Vigneault. “In the three on three overtime we had plenty of opportunities to put them away, we didn't, their goaltender was outstanding and we found a way to get one done in the shootout.
The Flyers had a great opportunity to seal the win late in the third period after the Senators took their second bench minor of the night for too many men, but they were unable to capitalize.
Ottawa leads the league with nine bench minors for too many men.
“That's got to stop,” said Ennis. “Those kinds of mental errors can't happen. We'll fix that and a couple other things and move forward.”
Tied 3-3 to start the third, the Flyers went ahead as van Riemsdyk scored his second of the night beating Hogberg through the legs.
Van Riemsdyk was happy to contribute, but felt that overall the Flyers could have played a much better game.
“We just didn't execute at a good enough level early on,” said van Riemsdyk. “I think we weren't as dialed in as we should have been, but we were able to find a way to get the two points which is all that counts, but definitely not one of our better games.”
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