nhl Game Recap
Ottawa Falls 7-4 to Flyers - Recap
Philadelphia earned a 7-4 victory over Ottawa behind a 2-goal performance from Scott Laughton on Wednesday at Canadian Tire Centre.
Philadelphia was favored by -129 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Philadelphia got goals from Scott Laughton(2), Jakub Voracek(2), Sean Couturier, Robert Hagg, and Claude Giroux in the victory. Voracek opened the scoring at 14:44 of the first period.
Calvin Pickard turned in a 31-save effort for the Flyers.
Ottawa got goals from Maxime Lajoie(2), and Brady Tkachuk(2) in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ottawa got a 38-stop effort from Craig Anderson in the loss.
On the power play, Philadelphia went 2-for-7, while the Senators were 3-for-7 with the man advantage.
Ottawa lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 45-35.
Philadelphia heads into a battle against the Golden Knights. Ottawa, meanwhile, will have their next action against Los Angeles.