KANATA, Ontario _ The final score says the Flyers lost by one goal, but there was more to Friday night's disappointing effort in Ottawa.
Most glaring was the failing to cash in on a 4-minute power play in the last five minutes of the game.
The Flyers, who've looked so solid during their seven-game point streak, were flat for most of the night and got what they deserved. Ottawa scored their two goals in the second to take the lead in a period the Flyers had as much urgency as a box of turtles.
Alain Vigneault once again juggled the lines to no avail.
Carter Hart gave up two goals on 19 shots. He was fortunate as the Senators hit the post at least four times. Ottawa even scored a power-play goal, which they had only done once all season in 34 attempts. That's 3 percent, folks.
The Flyers were 0 for 5 on the power play, which included four minutes late in the third period when Claude Giroux was high-sticked by Colin White.
The Flyers were on a 5-0-2 streak that shot them up to third place in the Metropolitan Division. The efforts needed to grit out a point against conference-leading Washington on Wednesday and winning at Toronto and at Boston on consecutive nights last weekend were missing against Ottawa.
Tyler Pitlick scored with his first goal as a Flyer off an assist from Andy Andreoff (also his first as a Flyer) as the fourth line was the Flyers best throughout the night.
