PHILADELPHIA – Jamie Drysdale tied the game late for the Philadelphia Flyers (25-20-11), but it was not enough as Tim Stutzle sent the game home as the Ottawa Senators (28-22-7) beat the Flyers 2-1 at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Thursday.

Nick Cousins and Tim Stutzle scored for the Senators. Jamie Drysdale scored for the Flyers.

It was an ugly, low-event game that had sloppy efforts from both teams. A late push from the Flyers led to their best chances all night, forcing overtime, but they could not come away with the win.

Here is how we got to the final score.

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Ugly, sloppy, boring. Yeah, you get the idea

There are not many words to describe the first period other than ugly, sloppy, and painfully boring. To put things bluntly, both teams looked like they were halfway to Cancun already.

In a late change, the Senators had to scratch Linus Ullmark, leaving James Reimer as the starter and Hunter Shepard as the backup. Reimer had appeared in 6 games this season, and had a 3.22 GAA and an .862 SV% before Thursday’s game. It was a prime opportunity for the Flyers to pour on some offense.

Well, it’s hard to score when you only register 2 shots on goal in a period. Fortunately for the Flyers, the Senators were not much better. Their 8 shots on goal are a much more palatable number, but the chances were slight, not a real test for Dan Vladar.

Through the first period, the game remained scoreless.

The sloppiness continued into the second period, where 10 minutes in, the Flyers had now upped their shot total to a whopping five. Still, no dice. Philadelphia could not get one past Reimer.

Ottawa continued its surge against Vladar and eventually got one past him. Nick Cousins (8) cleaned up the loose change from a Shane Pinto (14) shot, giving the Senators the 1-0 lead.

The Flyers had their best sustained possession, which happened to be while Dylan Cozens was missing a skate blade, essentially giving the Flyers their second power-play chance of the game. Still, they could not give Reimer a run for his money and were held scoreless.

That 1-0 Senators went into the second intermission.

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Flyers mix things up for the third, tie the game late

After 40 minutes where they could not get anything to work, the Flyers broke out the blender for the third period, mixing things up in a last-ditch effort to find offense.

#Flyers early 3rd period blender:

Zegras-Dvorak-Konecny
Grebenkin-Couturier-Tippett
Michkov-Cates-Brink
Grundstrom-Barkey-Hathaway

— Will James (@wmjsports) February 6, 2026

Still, neither the Flyers nor the Senators could generate much offense. Philadelphia’s best chance came with just over 10 minutes to play in the game. Sean Couturier made a great play to drive the net after Owen Tippett did the work getting the puck into the zone. The Captain made a great move to give himself a massive target, but the first chance hit Reimer’s pad, the second went wide; no goal.

Puck possession woes killed the Flyers. It looked difficult to connect on passes. Even when they did, they could barely hold on.

Play dwindled down to the final two minutes, and Dan Vladar came out, giving the Flyers the extra attacker. Up a man, the Flyers tied it with 1:14 to go, as Jamie Drysdale (5) scored yet another big goal for the Flyers. Bobby Brink (11) and Trevor Zegras (29) assisted on the score.

So, to overtime we went.

Overtime did not last long. Travis Konecny sent a shot off the pad of Reimer around the boards, leading to a 2-on-1 rush for the Senators. Tim Stutzle (28) took the puck and did the rest, beating Vladar with the assist from Brady Tkachuk (23), giving the Senators the 2-1 win.

What’s next for the Flyers

The Flyers will start their Olympic break on Friday, and Dan Vladar, Rasmus Ristolainen, Travis Sanheim, and Rick Tocchet will head to Milan for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games.

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