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Yakemchuk breaks late tie as Senators edge Flyers

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Ottawa Senators' Thomas Chabot (72) clears the puck while under pressure from Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster (71) and Matvei Michkov (39) during the first period of a National Hockey League game in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Carter Yakemchuk broke a tie on a power play with 6:59 left and the Ottawa Senators held on to beat the winless Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Thursday night.

Nick Cousins opened the scoring for Ottawa at midway through the first period. Matvei Michkov tied it in a power play at 7:46 of the second.

Linus Ullmark made 29 saves to help the Senators improve to 3-1-0.

Joseph Woll stopped 24 shots for Philadelphia. The Flyers are 0-3-2.

Michael Bunting made his Flyers debut after signing with the team Tuesday and Ottawa defenseman Hoyt Stanley made his NHL debut.

Up next

Flyers: At Boston on Saturday.

Senators: Host Nashville on Saturday night.

Starting at /week.