Their best players were their best players in the home opener, and it made a difference.
It ended with the Ottawa Senators sending the packed house of 20,011 home with wide smiles after a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon in the 2023-24 home opener at the Canadian Tire Centre.
It was indeed the dawn of a new era for the franchise, so it was only right that two-goal efforts by Brady Tkachuk and defenceman Jakob Chychrun helped lead the Senators to their first victory of the season as they opened a pivotal five-game homestand. “The first win is something to build on,” Tkachuk said. “We’re right back it , so you can’t really focus on too much tonight because we’ve got coming in Sunday and that task.Senators winger Vladimir Tarasenko battles for possession with Flyers defenceman Emil Andrae during the first period of Saturday’s game.Chychrun scored twice in the first period and Sanderson fired a blast on the power play to give them a 3-1 lead at 16:12 of the second.
While the Flyers scored only 18 seconds after the Sanderson goal, with Cam York beating Forsberg, Tkachuk fired the puck by Hart for his first of the game with only six seconds left in the second period.Chychrun became the third defenceman in franchise history to contribute three or more points in a home opener. The others were Erik Karlsson and Wade Redden, who both completed the feat twice.
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