Ryan scores shootout winner, Senators edge Flyers 2-1

Final SO

Series (Game 2 of 3)

Flyers 1

(29-27-15, 73 pts)

Senators 2

(33-24-11, 77 pts)

7:00PM,EDT,March 15,2015
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

	1	2	3	SO	T
PHI	0	1	0	0	1
OTT	0	1	0	1	2

B. Ryan (Senators - RW): Goals: 0, Assists: 0
A. Hammond (Senators - G): Saves: 27, Save Pct.: .964
R. Emery (Flyers - G): Saves: 27, Save Pct.: .964

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Bobby Ryan scored the shootout winner and Andrew Hammond stopped 27 shots to improve to 10-0-1 to start his NHL career, lifting the Ottawa Senators past the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Sunday night.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the lone goal in regulation for the Senators, who have won their last three games as they make a playoff push.
Hammond, making his third straight start, has allowed just 16 goals in his first 11 games.
Jakub Voracek scored for the Flyers, and Ray Emery made 27 saves in his first appearance since Feb. 19.
With the game tied at 1, Ottawa nearly won it but Milan Michalek rang a shot off the post with just seconds remaining in regulation. Curtis Lazar and Kyle Turris also missed fantastic opportunities, but the Flyers were just as unlucky as Matt Read was stopped midway through the period and Vorachek missed on a great back-door opportunity.
Ottawa opened the scoring at the five-minute mark of the second as Pageau picked up the rebound of Mark Borowiecki's shot in midair and beat Emery.
The Flyers then created some good pressure and were rewarded as Voracek beat Hammond to his glove side midway through the period.

Game notes

Senators D Eric Gryba and C Colin Greening were healthy scratches. LW Clarke MacArthur and Robin Lehner remain sidelined with concussions. The Senators were also without D Chris Phillips (wear and tear), RW Chris Neil (fractured thumb) and Zack Smith (fractured wrist). ... The Flyers were without C R. J. Umberger (abdominal, day-to-day) and D Michael Del Zotto (upper-body, day-to-day). D Brandon Manning and C Nick Cousins were healthy scratches.

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OTTAWA, ON - MARCH 15: Wearing green St. Patrick's Day jerseys Erik Karlsson #65 and Mark Borowiecki #74 of the...
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Game Information

Arena: Canadian Tire Centre Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Referees: Chris Rooney, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Lonnie Cameron

Attendance: 17,730 (95.8% full)

Team Stat Comparison

Philadelphia		Ottawa
1	Goals		1
0	Power Play Goals		0
3	Power Play Opportunities		3
0	Shorthanded Goals		0
4	Penalties		4
8	Penalty Minutes		8
28	Shots on Goal		28
33	Hits		30
27	Faceoffs Won		36

Scoring Summary

1st Period			PHI	OTT
No scoring this period			0	0
2nd Period			PHI	OTT
5:19		Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4) Assists: Mark Borowiecki, Erik Condra	0	1
12:12		Jakub Voracek (21) Unassisted	1	1
3rd Period			PHI	OTT
No scoring this period			1	1
OT			PHI	OTT
No scoring this period			1	1
Shootout Summary			PHI	OTT
	Shootout GOAL scored by Bobby Ryan on Ray Emery		0	1
	Shootout attempt by Kyle Turris saved by Ray Emery		0	1
	Shootout attempt by Mika Zibanejad saved by Ray Emery		0	1
	Shootout attempt by Wayne Simmonds saved by Andrew Hammond		0	1
	Shootout attempt by Claude Giroux saved by Andrew Hammond		0	1
	Shootout attempt by Jakub Voracek MISSES		0	1

Research Notes

Ottawa's Andrew Hammond stopped 27 shots in the Sens 2-1 shootout win over the Flyers. He has allowed 2 goals or fewer in each of his first 11 career starts, the second-longest streak of its kind in NHL history and longest since Frank Brimsek had 12 straight such starts to begin his career in the 1938-39 season.

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