GAME GARRIOCH REPORT: Senators gather to win at Philly

Senators 4, Flyers 3

PHILADELPHIA – This trip was not totally useless for the Ottawa Senators.

The Senators lived up to their old tricks on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center, leaving the Philadelphia Flyers a two-goal lead, but erased a deficit in the third period to earn a thrilling 4-3 win and complete four games. . journey on the road.

Matt Duchene scored the winning goal, while Brady Tkachuk led the charge with two goals and Thomas Chabot had a goal and an badist. Goalkeeper Mike McKenna had his first win this season as Radko Gudas, Jakub Voracek and Travis Konecny ​​scored goals for the Flyers.

Anthony Stolarz, the team's fifth goalie for Philly this season, could not close the door on the third. Duchene beat him with a time remaining of 2:59 and the Flyers fans booed hard.

"It helps us stop the bleeding and go back home to try to find our way back," said Duchene, who scored a beauty by hitting the puck in the air. "You must have a series of victories at one point. We must go back. We have work to do. "

The second goal of Tkachuk's match with a time of 6:34 was tied, bringing Chabot's shot to Stolarz. His eighth game of the season, with only 8:28 to play, had brought the Senators to less than one point.

"The guys played hard in the third and we knew it was going to work as planned," said Tkachuk. "We believed in it and we trust the process. It was a good win for us.

In the net for his first start since a 5-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Nov. 11 and only his fifth appearance since his recall Oct. 31, McKenna was not entirely to blame for the fact that Senators were beaten by the Flyers 3 -1 after 40 minutes as Ottawa led 28-15.

"I do not think it has ever been unbalanced. I can not say enough about our guys and what we did in the third period, "said McKenna, who earned his first win since April 3 last season. "There has never been a stop in this team and it's very fun to play behind.

"We did that a bit. There is no panic, there is no frustration and we know we can do it. I just wish we were a little better early to take the lead in the last period. "

The Senators worked hard, but they were outclbaded and did not test Stolarz much in the first two periods. Philadelphia took a 3-1 lead in the second when Gudas scored his first goal of the season six minutes from time.

The Flyers took the lead 2-1 on a delayed penalty only at 3:12 of the second. Voracek scored his 12th goal in 27 career games against the Senators when he defeated McKenna. This came with an extra striker on the ice.

Senators head coach Guy Boucher said it would be a tough test to complete a four-game stay. The club lost less than 24 hours earlier against the New York Rangers (6-4).

"It's very impressive because all odds were against us tonight," said Boucher. "It's a long drive. The guys are exhausted. I saw him (in) second period. Back to back, end of a long car trip, and it would have been easy to quit with this one.

"Players never stop. We always push, and we always make a third period push to bring it closer, when we come back. We talked about making sure that even if we push we do not give a freebee and that's what we had done (before). "

The Senators had to be happy with their start: 1-1 draw after the first period, even though they were led 11-6, but they got the stops they needed from McKenna.

Shortly after the Flyers came on the board, the Senators tied 1-1 at 5:51, when Chabot turned his seventh of the season home. Stolarz does not look good on this one.

The Senators have fallen behind. The seventh of the season of Konecny ​​was the first shot of the Flyers. He beat McKenna with a timer from the top of the slit side of the gloves at 4:23.

THE TIME OF THE REST

Craig Anderson had a break.

After a 29-stop performance in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers on Monday, Anderson played the backup role in Philly. His last break was on Nov. 11 against the Florida Panthers, meaning he had played six straight games on Tuesday.

Boucher did not want Anderson in the net two nights in a row.

"To be honest with you, unless (Monday) he has 22 shots against him and he comes to tell me that he wants (this) game, then I would have thought about it, but I'd 39 would probably have said no to that point, said Boucher. "He wants to help, but you have to be smart."

The Senators are in a difficult situation with their goalies. They do not want to bring young Filip Gustavson from their American Hockey League affiliate in Belleville, and Mike Condon's backup is not an option at the moment.

Condon has not played for Belleville since he allowed six goals on 23 shots in a 7 to 6 win over the Toronto Marlies on Nov. 9. He had a problem with his lower body and was in New York Monday to meet the same specialist who had a thigh surgery on Chris Wideman last year.

At one point, the Senators expect Condon to be back if he manages to get rid of the AHL. The goal is to try to keep Anderson fresh.

"If I asked or if I pushed, he would not say no and I know it," said Boucher. "But I'm not that guy. You have to be clever and there are times when I saw goalies play back to back and win both. We asked the guards to do that two years ago.

"You must know when. I think it's not the right time and it's enough. He played enough games. "

Boucher was impressed by how Anderson handled the heavy workload and saw no sign of fatigue.

"That has not been a problem," Boucher said. "He looks really cool and the goalkeeper coach (Pierre Groulx) knows him very well and he was very honest with us. So far, it's not a problem. It's just a back at the end and after many games on the road, it's like: "Nope", you have to (McKenna) enter. "

NO DAMAGE

Chabot said that he hoped that Vladislav Namestnikov, Rangers, would be fine.

The Senators defenseman did not see Namestnikov before their collision late in the third round of Monday's game.

"When I looked up for the first time, Tkachuk was wide open on the boards and I was going to see him," Chabot said Tuesday. "The puck started to bounce, I looked down, looked up and (Namestnikov) was right next to it.

"I was going fast and I did not intend to hit him so hard. Let's hope he's fine. It was just a fraction of a second. I looked up and he was coming at full speed. It was just a touch. "

THE LAST WORDS

Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki, who is dealing with an unspecified upper body problem, was in the third straight game on Tuesday. He was placed on the list of casualties retroactively to November 22. That means he would have the right to play Thursday at home against the Rangers, but that seemed dubious. By placing Borowiecki in reserve for injury, the Senators have the opportunity to return from Belleville before facing New York … The Senators were still in last place in the league of 31 teams in the shootout before facing the Flyers but they had killed eight times in a row thanks to some recent adjustments. "We made some adjustments to try to stop the bleeding," said winger Magnus Paajarvi. "It worked in the last games. All things do not work together at the moment. We must gather all the elements and it is so that you will become a winning team. "… The Flyers will not promote former Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi as much as the replacement of Ron Hextall, who was fired Monday. President Paul Holmgren said Tuesday that the organization would seek outside help … Tuesday's game marked Stolarz's first NHL start since April 9, 2017 … The Senators spent part of Tuesday morning talking – again – defensive cleaning. "Four consecutive games, there is a goal that kills us," said Boucher. "We are excited and we suddenly lose our … this third goal (in New York) has killed us." Cody This caught up with the ice after an aggressive pinch and allowed a double in New York.

THE FIVE THINGS OF GARRIOCH THAT WE HAVE LEARNED

• Live look – This was the first opportunity to see Gritty, the new Flyers mascot. He was not very well received at the start of the season, but during his appearances here, he seemed very popular.
• Good save – saved Mike McKenna did not have many chances to play, but that was a good reason why the score was 1-1 after 20 minutes. He made a huge savings on Nolan Patrick while he only had a few seconds left in the first period when the Senators dropped out of the odd man race.
• Harpur drops his gloves – After being led 1-0, Ben Harpur dropped the gloves with Philly's Dale Weise. It was Harpur's second fight in the NHL. He took on Tampa J.T. Brown last season.
• It's time to make a difference – The Senators started Tuesday's game with the same combinations they used on Monday against the Rangers. That meant Tom Pyatt skated with Matt Duchene and Drake Batherson while Colin White was with Brady Tkachuk and Mark Stone. In the middle of the second, however, some players were moved.
• Not so nice with Bobby – Although Bobby Ryan grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, he did not have much success against the Flyers. He entered this match with just one goal in 19 games against Philly. He last scored against the Flyers on December 31, 2010 and did not score against them as a senator.