Tkachuk scores two in third, Senators rally past Flyers

PHILADELPHIA -- Matt Duchene scored with 2:59 remaining to cap a three-goal third period for the Ottawa Senators in a 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday.

Duchene's initial shot was blocked by Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas, but he batted the rebound out of the air and past goalie Anthony Stolarz. He compared it one of the trick shots he tried in his driveway growing up.
"Felt like it was the only time I touched the puck all night," he said. "Very lucky whack at it. Think I was mad about getting the shot blocked, maybe had a bit more anger."
WATCH: [All Senators vs. Flyers highlights]
Brady Tkachuk had two goals and an assist for Ottawa (10-12-3), which ended a four-game losing streak. Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist, and Mike McKenna made 34 saves.

Travis Konecny, Jakub Voracek and Gudas scored for Philadelphia (10-12-2) in its first game since general manager Ron Hextall was fired Monday.
Stolarz made 20 saves. He's the NHL-high fifth goalie to start a game for the Flyers this season, after Brian Elliott (13 starts), Calvin Pickard (eight), Michal Neuvirth (one) and Alex Lyon (one).
Tkachuk scored twice in 1:54 in the third to tie the game 3-3. He tapped in a loose puck on the post to Stolarz's left at 11:32 to get Ottawa to within 3-2, and then tipped a Chabot shot at 13:26.
"He brings something a little different," Duchene said of Tkachuk. "We don't have a power forward quite like him on this team. When we drafted him, I was excited to have a guy like that.[With the Colorado Avalanche], I played with Gabriel Landeskog and I told him before the game they're very similar players in the stuff they do. ... Brady crashes and bangs, he's got good hands and good feet, and he can see the ice at the same time. Obviously, you can see why he was such a high pick for us (No. 4 in 2018 NHL Draft)."
Tkachuk has eight points (five goals, three assists) in the past six games and 10 points (six goals, four assists) in 10 games back after missing nine with a leg injury.
"Before I got hurt, I thought I was playing well," he said. "It's unfortunate but it's part of the game, getting hurt. My mindset was come back and be better than I was. Tough start coming back, but really felt like I've improved my game every day."
The Flyers took a 3-1 lead on Gudas' goal at 6:00 of the second period and were outshooting the Senators 27-15 entering the third. The loss was their sixth in seven games (1-5-1).

"After two good periods, we didn't push pucks deep and keep doing the same things that had gotten us to that point," coach Dave Hakstol said. "We checked well through the first two periods, we played a pretty simple game, pushing pucks north and getting pucks deep and making them work in their own zone. And we didn't do that well enough in the third period."
Konecny gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead on a one-timer from the top of the left face-off circle at 4:23 of the first period. It was his seventh goal of the season and fourth in five games.
Chabot scored to tie it 1-1 at 5:51 of the first.

Voracek made it 2-1 at 3:22 of the second when he scored during a delayed penalty.

They said it

"The last couple games I think we've always found a way to get back in the game and we always came up short, but tonight, to actually get the job done, get the win, it's huge for our team." -- Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot
"It's unacceptable. After two periods, I thought we had them. I thought we played pretty good hockey. We had a grip on the game, it's just unacceptable. We're making soft plays on our blue line, and it cost us the game." -- Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas

Need to know

Tkachuk has six points (four goals, two assists) in two games against the Flyers this season. He scored twice, including his first NHL goal, and had an assist in a 7-4 loss at Canadian Tire Centre on Oct. 10. … Philadelphia is the third team in NHL history to start five goalies in the first 24 games of a season, joining the 1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins (Tom Barrasso, Steve Guenette, Frank Pietrangelo, Rick Tabaracci and Wendell Young) and the 2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers (Mike Dunham, Steve Shields, Adam Berkhoel, Michael Garnett and Kari Lehtonen). ... Gudas' goal was his first in 47 games, dating to Feb. 13. ... Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov had two assists after he had two in his previous 10 games.

What's next

Senators: Host the New York Rangers on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS, MSG, NHL.TV)
Flyers: At the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; NHLN, ATTSN-PT, NBCSP, NHL.TV)