Recap
Yakemchuk's power-play winner lifts Senators past Flyers 2-1
The Ottawa Senators edged the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Nick Cousins opened the scoring at 10:14 of the first period, his first of the season, with assists from Tyler Kleven and Warren Foegele. The Flyers answered in the second when Matvei Michkov buried a power-play goal at 7:46, his second of the year, set up by Trevor Zegras and Travis Konecny.
The game stayed tied until Carter Yakemchuk scored the winner on the power play at 13:01 of the third, assisted by Claude Giroux and Shane Pinto. It was his first goal of the season. The Senators never trailed and moved to 3-1-0, while the Flyers fell to 0-3-2.
Linus Ullmark was sharp with 28 saves on 29 shots for the win, while Joseph Woll took the loss with 24 saves on 26 shots. The Flyers outshot the Senators 29-26. Thomas Chabot, Yakemchuk and Ullmark took the three stars.
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