The Flyers vs. The Senators

The Flyer's lone goal scored by Scott Hartnell



On Saturday night, February 26th, the Flyers went up against Eastern Conference rivals the Ottawa Senators. The Ottawa Senators who are currently last in the Northeastern Division and Eastern Conference and barley holding on to 29th in the NHL, are a team looking for points from keeping from being the ridicule of the NHL. The Flyers, following quite the opposite path are first in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference. They are looking for points to still jump on top of the Vancouver Canucks, who hold 1st in the NHL.

The Flyers struck first with a half-breakaway goal from Scott Hartnell at 19:40 in the 1st period. The Senators, looking to tie the game up, took advantage of a power play and Nick Foligno scored a goal over the blocker side of Brian Boucher, at 12:18 in the 2nd. The Senators, looking for the lead, struck again with a well cycled puck that found Erik Condra, who found the back of the net at 16:10 in the 2nd. The Senators, once again found the back of the net with a goal scored by Chris Phillips from behind the right circle at 11:15 in the 3rd. Erik Condra, who plays for the Senators, scored again on the power play with a tip in at 18:35 in the 3rd.

The Flyers seemed to fall apart after the end of the 1^st and showed it. The Senators, a team who normally don’t play well, took advantage of this blessing and got the two-point, regulation win over the Flyers, 4-1.