Senators knock down Flyers in overtime
On the eve before Thanksgiving, the Flyers may have been thinking a bit too much about their Turkey Day dinners. After scoring the first two goals of the game to take a 2-0 lead, the team collectively appeared to go into a tryptophan-like coma as the Ottawa Seantors scored the final three goals of the game to win 3-2.
The Flyers started the scoring with a late first period goal from Petr Nedved, who has been impressive since rejoining the team. On this night though, he took two rough hooking penalties, one of which led to a Senators goal. Nedved's goal was reviewed, as the Senators believed that R.J. Umberger kicked the puck into the net. Replays showed that the puck never touched Umberger and that it hit off the back of Senators defenseman Wade Redden.
In the second period, Mike Knuble was in the right place in the right time as he found a puck out in front sitting on top of the left pad of goaltender Ray Emery. Knuble tipped it off the pad of Emery and into the
net, putting the Flyers ahead 2-0 just over four minutes into the period.
The Senators cut the lead to one about haflway through the period when Mike Fisher got a ton of open ice at the right circle in the Flyers end. He fired the puck past a screened Antero Niittymaki to make it 2-1. Daniel Alfredsson gave the Flyers a little taste of their own medicine with 34 seconds left in the second period to make it 2-2. Alfredsson received a quick pass from Peter Schaefer in the slot and ripped it past Niittymaki to tie the game.
Derian Hatcher had his second straight very strong game for the Flyers, and believe it or not, is on the + side of the +/- for the month of November. Maybe taking Mike Rathje away from Hatcher on the penalty kill has been Hatcher's saving grace. Meanwhile, youngster Kimmo Timonen, playing in his second game, also looked very strong on the back end for the Flyers. Lars Jonsson, Randy Jones, Joni Pitkanen and Freddy Meyer rounded out the defensive corps for the Flyers.
After a scoreless third period, the game headed to overtime. Both Ottawa and Philadelphia had their chances, but Wade Redden capitalized with 21 seconds left to play in the extra frame by ripping a one timer past Niittymaki on a 3 on 2 breakout for Ottawa. The Flyers headed up the tunnel and into the locker room after suffering yet another very tough loss.
The Flyers will be back at it on Friday afternoon against the Columbus Blue Jackets. None other than Ken Hitchcock will be behind the bench for Columbus after being hired by Doug MacLean shortly Wednesday night's NHL action got underway. The Flyers can only hope it will not be a Black Friday letdown.
On the eve before Thanksgiving, the Flyers may have been thinking a bit too much about their Turkey Day dinners. After scoring the first two goals of the game to take a 2-0 lead, the team collectively appeared to go into a tryptophan-like coma as the Ottawa Seantors scored the final three goals of the game to win 3-2.
The Flyers started the scoring with a late first period goal from Petr Nedved, who has been impressive since rejoining the team. On this night though, he took two rough hooking penalties, one of which led to a Senators goal. Nedved's goal was reviewed, as the Senators believed that R.J. Umberger kicked the puck into the net. Replays showed that the puck never touched Umberger and that it hit off the back of Senators defenseman Wade Redden.
In the second period, Mike Knuble was in the right place in the right time as he found a puck out in front sitting on top of the left pad of goaltender Ray Emery. Knuble tipped it off the pad of Emery and into the
net, putting the Flyers ahead 2-0 just over four minutes into the period.The Senators cut the lead to one about haflway through the period when Mike Fisher got a ton of open ice at the right circle in the Flyers end. He fired the puck past a screened Antero Niittymaki to make it 2-1. Daniel Alfredsson gave the Flyers a little taste of their own medicine with 34 seconds left in the second period to make it 2-2. Alfredsson received a quick pass from Peter Schaefer in the slot and ripped it past Niittymaki to tie the game.
Derian Hatcher had his second straight very strong game for the Flyers, and believe it or not, is on the + side of the +/- for the month of November. Maybe taking Mike Rathje away from Hatcher on the penalty kill has been Hatcher's saving grace. Meanwhile, youngster Kimmo Timonen, playing in his second game, also looked very strong on the back end for the Flyers. Lars Jonsson, Randy Jones, Joni Pitkanen and Freddy Meyer rounded out the defensive corps for the Flyers.
After a scoreless third period, the game headed to overtime. Both Ottawa and Philadelphia had their chances, but Wade Redden capitalized with 21 seconds left to play in the extra frame by ripping a one timer past Niittymaki on a 3 on 2 breakout for Ottawa. The Flyers headed up the tunnel and into the locker room after suffering yet another very tough loss.
The Flyers will be back at it on Friday afternoon against the Columbus Blue Jackets. None other than Ken Hitchcock will be behind the bench for Columbus after being hired by Doug MacLean shortly Wednesday night's NHL action got underway. The Flyers can only hope it will not be a Black Friday letdown.
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