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Philadelphia 1 1 1 0--3
Ottawa 0 2 1 0--3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Manderville 4 (shorthanded)
(unassisted), 4:33. Penalties: Tocchet, Phi ( double high sticking minor),
1:49; Mcgillis, Phi (holding stick, cross checking), 18:08.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Alfredsson 23 (power play) (Redden,
Rachunek), 0:47. 3, Ottawa, Rachunek 3 (power play) (Sillinger), 7:56. 4,
Philadelphia, Ranheim 9 (Gagne, Mcgillis), 14:05. Penalties: Sillinger,
Ott (interference), 1:13; Manderville, Phi (holding), 6:13; Fisher, Ott
(hooking), 8:41; Gagne, Phi (Obstr hooking), 11:50.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Philadelphia, Williams 12 (D Mcammond),
3:19. 6, Ottawa, Yashin 35 (Mceachern, Alfredsson), 13:01. Penalties: C
Mcallister, Phi (roughing), 5:05; Roy, Ott (roughing), 5:05.
OVERTIME -- Scoring: None.
Shots on goal:
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Philadelphia 12 10 10 1--33
Ottawa 7 13 11 0--31
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Power-play Conversions: Phi - 0 of 2, Ott - 2 of 6. Goalies:
Philadelphia, Cechmanek (31 shots, 28 saves; record: 32-12-6). Ottawa,
Lalime (33, 30; record: 33-18-5). A:18,500. Referees: Koharski, Larue.
Linesmen: Amell, Champoux.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Philadelphia Ottawa
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
C Mcallister 0 0 even 0 Alfredsson 1 1 even 3
D Mcammond 0 1 even 1 Arvedson 0 0 -1 1
Desjardins 0 0 +1 2 Dackell 0 0 even 0
Gagne 0 1 +1 4 Fisher 0 0 even 2
Leclair 0 0 even 3 Havlat 0 0 -1 3
Manderville 1 0 +2 1 Hossa 0 0 -2 3
Mcgillis 0 1 +1 0 Leschyshyn 0 0 even 0
P White 0 0 even 0 Mceachern 0 1 even 6
Primeau 0 0 even 1 Phillips 0 0 even 1
R Fedotenko 0 0 even 4 Rachunek 1 1 -1 2
Ranheim 1 0 +2 4 Redden 0 1 -1 2
Recchi 0 0 even 3 Roy 0 0 even 0
Richardson 0 0 +1 2 Salo 0 0 even 0
Sykora 0 0 even 0 Sillinger 0 1 -2 2
T Fedoruk 0 0 even 2 White 0 0 even 0
Therien 0 0 +1 2 Yashin 1 0 even 4
Tocchet 0 0 even 2 York 0 0 -2 2
Williams 1 0 even 2 Zamuner 0 0 even 0
Hull Healthy Hnidy Healthy
Langkow Foot Injury Lacroix Healthy
Delmore Healthy Rivers Healthy
Stock Healthy Persson Healthy
Game Story
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- Alexei Yashin's goal with 6:59 left in the
third period lifted the Ottawa Senators into a 3-3 tie with the
Philadelphia Flyers and sole possession of first place in the
Eastern Conference.
With Ottawa trailing by a goal, Daniel Alfredsson broke up
defenseman Chris Therien's clearing attempt inside the Flyers'
blue line. He moved down the slot and backhanded a cross-ice
pass to Shawn McEachern, whose shot from the right side was
stopped by goaltender Roman Cechmanek. But Yashin poked in the
rebound for his team-leading 35th goal.
"I was in front of the net and I don't know how the puck got to
me, but I just tapped it home for the tying goal," Yashin said.
"Any goal is great, but we want to win every game and get the
best playoff spot we can get."
Philadelphia had the lone shot in overtime, when neither Eastern
Conference contender threatened.
Alfredsson and rookie Karel Rachunek also scored for the
Senators, who played the last two periods with only five
defensemen after Sami Salo took a high stick to the mouth.
Ottawa had a three-game winning streak stopped but is unbeaten
in six of the last seven (5-1-1-0) and leads New Jersey by one
point for the top seed in the East.
"It was a good, hard, intense game from us, really an excellent
test just before the playoffs," Alfredsson said. "This was a
big game. We're battling for first in the conference and every
point matters. We earned the point tonight by fighting back
hard in the third period."
Kent Manderville scored a shorthanded goal for the Flyers, whose
0-2-1-0 stretch is their longest without a win since December
28-January 2. Philadelphia completed a 1-2-1-0 Canadian road
trip and climbed within six points of the Devils for first place
in the Atlantic Division.
"I'm really happy with the way we played tonight. It was a
good, hard, honest effort from our guys," Flyers coach Bill
Barber said. "We were on top of our game. In fact, I'll say
it, I thought we were the better team tonight. This is the way
you can expect the Flyers to play in the playoffs."
Two nights after John LeClair and Simon Gagne returned to the
lineup, Philadelphia lost center Keith Primeau to a sprained
knee in the third period. He got tangled up with defenseman
Chris Phillips and fell feet-first into the end boards.
"I caught a rut at the same time a defenseman was pushing on me.
I felt my knee buckle, so I just let go. It wasn't the impact
with the boards that caused the injury," Primeau explained.
"Hopefully, it won't keep me out for long. It doesn't feel that
bad, but we won't know for sure until tomorrow."
Manderville opened the scoring with one of the strangest goals
of the season. While killing a penalty, he wristed a shot from
the right faceoff circle that appeared to carom off the
goalpost. Play was allowed to continue for 3 1/2 minutes before
the Flyers requested a video review that showed the puck hit the
bracing inside the net.
It was Manderville's fourth goal of the season and
Philadelphia's 10th shorthanded tally.
"When it happened, the guys on the ice were pretty sure it was
in. From the bench, all you could hear was a peculiar ring,"
Barber said. "Obviously, we'll take the goal, but the funny
part was we had to go back and kill a minute and a half of the
penalty again."
Alfredsson tied it on the power play 47 seconds into the second
period, surprising Cechmanek from a bad angle on the left side.
Ottawa was back on the power play just over seven minutes later
when Rachunek's long shot trickled past the goalie.
The Flyers tied it with 5:55 to go in the period as Paul Ranheim
scored his ninth goal off a 2-on-1. They regained the lead 3:19
into the third on rookie Justin Williams' 12th goal off another
2-on-1.
"We had to fight for everything out there, but we stuck to our
own game plan," said Philadelphia right wing Mark Recchi.
"Clearly, we're two very different teams. They're skilled and
fast, we're bigger and more of a grinding team, and both teams
know what it takes to be successful."