WEDNESDAY AROUND THE NHL

Flyers 7, Senators 4

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Jakub Voracek and Scott Laughton scored two goals apiece, and the Philadelphia Flyers rebounded from an embarrassing loss to beat the Ottawa Senators. Sean Couturier, Robert Hagg and Claude Giroux also scored for the Flyers. Calvin Pickard stopped 31 shots. Brady Tkachuk scored his first NHL goal and finished with two goals and an assist for Ottawa. Maxime Lajoie also had two goals and an assist for the Senators. Craig Anderson made 38 saves, but the Flyers victimized him with four goals through two periods before they pulled away in the third. Playing his second career game, the 19-year-old Tkachuk became the fastest Tkachuk to score in the NHL. It took his father Keith five games, and his brother Matthew, who plays for Calgary, scored in his fourth outing.

Capitals 5, Golden Knights 2

WASHINGTON

Evgeny Kuznetsov continuted his dominance against the Vegas Golden Knights, scoring a goal and assisting on three more as part of a Washington Capitals victory in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup final. Kuznetsov assisted on two goals by Alex Ovechkin and one by Nicklas Backstrom and scored his own on a power play. Ovechkin’s 610th and 611th goals of his career put him in sole possession of 17th on the NHL’s career list, passing Bobby Hull. Braden Holtby stopped 29 of 31 shots. Holtby allowed goals to Cody Eakin in the second period and Reilly Smith in the third. Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury allowed four goals on 28 shots.

Associated Press