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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- It took the longest shot of Simon Gagne's
career for the Philadelphia Flyers to beat the Eastern
Conference-leading Ottawa Senators Saturday.
Gagne's 85-foot slap shot from just inside the red line 1:42
into the third period gave Philadelphia a 4-3 victory. The most
surprised person was the Flyers' center.
|  | | Flyers goalie Roman Cechmanek's home shutout string was stopped at 144:20 in Philly's 4-3 win over Ottawa. |
Gagne's shot came as he was heading off the ice. The puck
bounced off the outstretched glove of Ottawa goaltender Patrick
Lalime, and gave the Flyers their second straight victory.
"I was in the zone for about a minute and a half and I was so
tired," Gagne said. "I saw the two defensemen back off and I just
tried to put the puck on goal and walk to the bench. Then I heard
all the people so happy and I was surprised.
"A shot that long never happened anywhere to me before. It's
not the type of goal you expect. It was funny. Sometimes people
should just try to shoot at the net because you never know what
will happen."
"It was just one of those things," Lalime said. "I usually
let those shots go. But I was going to play the puck, so I may have
hurried a bit too much. It just went off the tip of my glove and
in. It was probably a bit too high and bad judgment. Those are the
ones you'd like to have back."
Ottawa coach Jacques Martin didn't fault his goaltender.
"Patrick has played and won some strong games for us," Martin
said.
Ruslan Fedotenko, Kevin Stevens and Dan McGillis also scored for
Philadelphia.
Magnus Arvedson, Wade Redden and Marian Hossa scored for the
Senators, who lost two straight games for the first time this
season. Ottawa's 2-1 loss at Boston Thursday snapped its four-game
unbeaten streak.
A possible game-tying goal by Ottawa's Rob Zamuner with 3:42
left in the third period was waived off by the officials who ruled
it came after a whistle.
Philadelphia coach Craig Ramsay called this a "huge win" for
the Flyers, who lost at Ottawa 6-1 in their only other meeting this
season.
Fedotenko put the Flyers ahead at 15:41 of the first period when
he redirected Rick Tocchet's cross-ice pass into the net. Ottawa
tied it 1-1 at 1:42 of the second when Arvedson tipped Karel
Rachunek's slap shot from just inside the blue line over the
shoulder of Flyers goaltender Roman Cechmanek.
Arvedson's goal snapped Cechmanek's home shutout string at
144:20. The first-year goalie had blanked Buffalo and Edmonton in
his previous two starts for his first NHL victories.
The Flyers went ahead at 3:30 of the second period on Stevens'
goal. Redden tied it at 2-2 for the Senators at 14:40 with a long
slap shot from just inside the blue line.
McGillis scored 2:06 later on a slap shot from the blue line
that bounced off Ottawa defenseman Shane Hnidy. Hossa's wrist shot
from inside the left circle pulled the Senators even again with
1:40 left in the second.
Game notes
Stevens' goal was his first in 33 games dating back to Nov.
24, 1999, when he scored for the New York Rangers against Tampa
Bay. ... Ottawa center Martin Havlat, who entered the game as the
leading rookie scorer in the NHL with 13 points, had his seven-game
point streak ended. It was the longest scoring streak in the league
this season. ... The Senators, who outshot the Flyers 31-18, were
held to a season-low three attempts in the first period, but had 17
shots, one off their season high, in the second. ... Hossa leads
Ottawa in scoring with 22 points. ... Gagne has scored in three
straight games. ... The Flyers snapped a seven-game winless streak
against Ottawa (0-5-2).
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Philadelphia 4
Ottawa 3
Nashville 2
Boston 2
Dallas 2
Montreal 0
San Jose 4
NY Islanders 0
Chicago 3
Toronto 3
Columbus 2
Phoenix 1
Buffalo 4
New Jersey 0
Pittsburgh 5
Edmonton 2
Calgary 4
Tampa Bay 3
Colorado 3
Anaheim 1
St. Louis 5
Vancouver 2
Detroit 2
Los Angeles 2
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