Overtime win extends season-best point streak to 5 games
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With rally and OT win, Flyers’ process hits 5-game point streak originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers extended their season-best point streak to five games by rallying to beat the Senators, 4-3, in overtime Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
Cam Atkinson jumped on a friendly bounce off the boards and fed Travis Sanheim for the OT winner.
With five and a half minutes left during the third period, Joel Farabee scored the game-tying goal in his return to the lineup. Claude Giroux and Oskar Lindblom also netted markers.
The Flyers (12-12-5) are 4-0-1 in their last five games and 4-2-1 under interim head coach Mike Yeo.
While Farabee was back from his shoulder injury, the Flyers didn’t have Carter Hart (undetermined illness) or Max Willman (COVID protocol). Morgan Frost (COVID protocol) and Derick Brassard (hip) also remained out.
The Senators (9-17-2) are 5-2-1 in their last eight games, a stretch that includes wins over the Lightning, Panthers, Hurricanes and Avalanche.
Ottawa made the Flyers work for this one.
• The Flyers didn’t panic or press when they fell down 3-2 with 6:17 minutes remaining in regulation.
That was a real positive for a team that fought its confidence mightily during a 10-game losing streak. The Flyers are starting to sew together positive sequences, responses and games.
The Flyers responded to the deficit and also to the disappointing 3-2 shootout loss in Montreal two days ago.
“Today wasn’t our best game, but still found our way to get back and get two points — that’s the important part,” Lindblom said. “After that 10-game losing streak, we had to do something and I think we’re playing way better here.”
They’ll need to keep building on this five-game segment as the calendar nears 2022.
“What we’re trying to build is obviously a game plan, the right habits for the players; we keep talking about that,” Yeo said. “But a lot of this game is about attitude, too. So when the other team’s having a push, how do you respond?…
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