Ottawa Senators: Sens fail to close out strong effort in OT loss to Flyers [Video]

It was a tough way to go out for the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

The Senators held a two-goal lead late but ultimately failed to extend their win streak to three games, falling 5-4 to the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime.

“We’ve been playing well here for three games. You hate to lose a game like that where we dominated in a lot of areas, for most of the night,” said Ottawa head coach Travis Green.

The Senators looked to be on the verge of earning their first three-game win streak of the season, holding a 4-2 lead over the Flyers with less than 10 minutes to go in the game.

Then, the script flipped.

Philadelphia’s Anthony Richard and Bobby Brink scored two consecutive goals to send the game to overtime. Rookie Matvei Michkov did the rest, earning his sixth goal on the year to close the game out with just under a minute …