Ottawa Senators Blow A 4-2 Third Period Lead And Fall 5-4 In Overtime To Philadelphia

The Ottawa Senators dominated the Philadelphia Flyers in just about every area on Thursday night except for the scoreboard, the only area that matters. Despite holding a massive edge in shots, the Senators fell 5-4 in overtime to the Flyers.

Matvei Michkov scored the game winner from a bad angle on Linus Ullmark, who had an extremely rough night.

The two clubs swapped goals in the first and second period. Travis Sanheim got Philly on the board early, but three and a half minutes later, Brady Tkachuk's shot from the slot, his team-leading ninth goal of the year, evened the score.

In the second, Drake Batherson's power play one-timer gave the Sens the lead. But with just over a minute left in the second, Travis Konecny cheated up the ice behind Jake Sanderson. After a long stretch pass, Konecnyk caught Sanderson napping and scored the equalizer on a breakaway.

After 40, the Senators held a 28-7 edge in shots. When Josh Norris and Adam Gaudette scored in the third period to give Ottawa a 4-2 advantage the Sens seem to giddily abandon the disciplined two-way game they'd been playing.

With under 10 minutes to play, Anthony Richard scored a softy from distance that trickled through Linus Ullmark. But that wouldn't be the worst goal he'd give up on the night. More on that later. Two minutes later, Bobby Brink buried a rebound on a two on one to tie the game. Why the Sens D was pinching at the blue line with a one goal lead in the third is a complete mystery.

In the dying seconds, Josh Norris got a spectacular chance on a semi-breakaway after a great pass from Tkachuk, but Ivan Fedotov made a great stretching pad save.

Then in overtime, Michkov, from an impossible angle on the right side, ramped one off Ullmark for the game winner. Ullmark slammed his stick in disgust, ending the night with 14 saves on 19 shots.

Despite the late meltdown, the Senators do get a point, moving to 8-7-1. They'll be at Carolina on Saturday night.