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Ottawa 0 3 0--3
Philadelphia 1 2 1--4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, R Fedotenko 2 (power play)
(Tocchet, Mcgillis), 15:41. Penalties: Dackell, Ott (tripping), 3:46; K
Manderville, Phi (slashing), 6:32; Mcgillis, Phi (interference), 10:23;
Oliver, Ott (interference), 14:50; Desjardins, Phi (tripping), 18:56.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Arvedson 9 (Rachunek, Bonk), 1:42.
3, Philadelphia, Stevens 1 (Langkow, Mcgillis), 3:30. 4, Ottawa, Redden 2
(power play) (Bonk), 14:00. 5, Philadelphia, Mcgillis 3 (unassisted),
16:06. 6, Ottawa, Hossa 8 (Bonk), 18:20. Penalties: Desjardins, Phi
(holding), 12:43.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Philadelphia, Gagne 5 (Desjardins), 1:42.
Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 3 17 11--31
Philadelphia 6 7 5--18
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Power-play Conversions: Ott - 1 of 4, Phi - 1 of 2. Goalies: Ottawa,
Lalime (18 shots, 14 saves; record: 3-2-1). Philadelphia, R Cechmanek (31,
28; record: 3-1-1). A:19,497. Referees: B Mccreary, Murphy. Linesmen:
Amell, Driscoll.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Ottawa Philadelphia
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Arvedson 1 0 +2 2 Delmore 0 0 even 1
Bonk 0 3 +2 1 Desjardins 0 1 +2 0
Dackell 0 0 -1 2 Gagne 1 0 +1 4
Forbes 0 0 even 0 K Manderville 0 0 -2 1
Havlat 0 0 -1 1 Langkow 0 1 +1 2
Hnidy 0 0 -1 2 Mcallister 0 0 even 0
Hossa 1 0 +2 4 Mcgillis 1 2 -1 1
Mceachern 0 0 -2 3 Odjick 0 0 -1 3
Oliver 0 0 even 1 P White 0 0 +1 0
Phillips 0 0 -1 4 Primeau 0 0 even 0
Rachunek 0 1 even 0 R Fedotenko 1 0 +1 2
Redden 1 0 +1 2 Ranheim 0 0 -2 1
Roy 0 0 even 1 Richardson 0 0 even 0
Salo 0 0 -2 1 Stevens 1 0 +1 1
V Prospal 0 0 -1 2 T Fedoruk 0 0 +1 1
Yashin 0 0 -2 2 Therien 0 0 +1 0
York 0 0 +1 2 Tocchet 0 1 +1 1
Zamuner 0 0 -2 1 Williams 0 0 +1 0
Rivers Healthy Recchi Concussion
Emmons Healthy Leclair Back Injury
Hull Foot Injury
Jones Concussion
Sykora Healthy
Game Story
PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Simon Gagne snapped a tie 1:42 into the
third period as the Philadelphia Flyers earned their first home
win against the Ottawa Senators in exactly three years with a
4-3 victory.
Gagne flipped a seemingly harmless shot on goal from center ice,
but goaltender Patrick Lalime misplayed the puck and it
deflected into the net off his glove. It was Gagne's third goal
in as many contests.
"I was so tired, I just shot it and tried to hit the
goaltender," Gagne said. "I got to the bench and I heard the
fans yelling. I turned around and it was a goal. So, I was very
surprised."
Lalime took the blame for the goal that allowed the Flyers to
snap a seven-game winless streak against Ottawa and avenge a 6-1
setback here on October 17. Ottawa had been 4-0-1 in its
previous five trips to Philadelphia.
"It was one of those things," Lalime said. "You always say let
those ones go, but I was going to play the puck, so I hurried it
a bit too much and I thought I had it. It just went off the tip
of my glove and went in. It's one of those you want to have
back, especially in this league."
The Senators, who sit atop the Eastern Conference with 22
points, have dropped two straight, suffering a 2-1 loss in
Boston on Thursday.
The Flyers had three one-goal leads in the seesaw affair before
Ottawa tied it for the final time on Marian Hossa's goal with
1:40 remaining in the second period.
The Senators outshot the Flyers, 31-18, but was frustrated by
rookie goaltender Roman Cechmanek, who turned aside all 11 shots
he faced in the third period.
"We deserved to win that game," Lalime said. "We played well in
every aspect of the game. When you dominate a game like that and
don't win, it's frustrating, especially with the way it
happened."
The Senators peppered Cechmanek with 17 shots in the second
period, when they scored three times.
"We dominated the second and third period, " Ottawa coach
Jacques Martin said. "It's disappointing to lose the game, but
that's part of the 82-game schedule. We'll regroup and play
again Sunday."
The Flyers grabbed a 1-0 lead on rookie Ruslan Fedotenko's
power-play tally with 4:19 left in the first period before the
teams combined for five goals in the second.
After Magnus Arvedson tied it for Ottawa at 1:42, Kevin Stevens
gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead at 3:30, snapping a 32-game scoreless
drought. Stevens scored his first goal since November 24, 1999
against Tampa Bay as a member of the New York Rangers.
"It's been a while, so it's always nice to get on the board,"
Stevens said. "You come here and you want to contribute early.
It hasn't happened, so this is big for me."
Ottawa tied it again with six minutes left when Radek Bonk
deflected Wade Redden's slap shot, but the Flyers answered
again, grabbing a 3-2 lead on Dan McGillis' unassisted goal with
3:54 to play in the period.
"They came in the building the last time and we weren't happy
with the performance in that game," McGillis said. "We've been
playing better defensively. We beat a good team and that's going
to build some confidence here."
The Flyers have won three of their last four to climb within one
game of .500.
"It's been tough," Stevens added. "There's a lot of scoring out
of the lineup. We need four lines, six defensemen and our
goaltender to play well. That's what we got today."