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OTTAWA - Chris Phillips' first goal of the season could be his last with the Ottawa Senators.

The veteran defenceman ended a long drought, and rookie Erik Condra added his first two NHL goals in the Senators' 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.

Phillips, who has played all 925 games in his career with the Senators, could join the mass exodus out of Ottawa by Monday's NHL trade deadline. An unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, Phillips has said it is his preference re-sign with the Senators, but the team could ask him to waive his no-trade clause if a contract extension can't be reached.

"I can't really update you now because I don't know what happened today," Phillips said, referring to any offers Senators general manager Bryan Murray might have received for him.

Ottawa's disappointing season has already led to the departure of veteran forwards Mike Fisher, Chris Kelly, Alex Kovalev and Jarkko Ruutu, who were dealt away as the Senators look to rebuild.

"I was focused on the game but I'm sure I'll get an update myself of what talks went on, but that's all I can say right now," Phillips said. "It could be my last game, but we'll see what happens."

At the other end of the spectrum, Condra - playing in just his sixth NHL game - was one of six Senators in the lineup who have spent most of the season with Binghamton of the AHL.

"It was unbelievable," Condra said. "I didn't know what to do (after his first goal). I was yelling at someone to get the puck, and I was excited. We were brothers down there in Binghamton and we all came up together.

"There's a ton of us here and it's great to see some of those guys having success and myself having success. We're energized and we're having fun up here."

Nick Foligno scored the other goal for the Senators, and Ryan Shannon added two assists. Craig Anderson made 30 saves for his third win in four starts since the Senators (21-32-9) acquired him from the Colorado Avalanche last week.

Scott Hartnell had the only goal for Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia (40-16-6), which got 25 saves from Brian Boucher but lost for the second time in three games.

Phillips scored his first goal in 72 games to give Ottawa a 3-1 lead at 11:15 of the third.

"It's been a while," he said. "With everything going on, to erase a zero that's been there all year feels pretty good."

Following a first period in which the Senators trailed 1-0 and were thoroughly dominated by the Flyers, Ottawa turned the tables over the final 40 minutes and outshot Philadelphia 27-15 the rest of the way.

Foligno outworked two Flyers in the corner on a power play before putting a shot over Boucher's shoulder at 12:18 of the second.

Condra scored his first goal at 16:10 on a great feed from Shannon off a cycle behind the Philadelphia net.

Phillips scored on a shot from the point at 11:15 of the third to provide some insurance, and Condra made it 4-1 with a deflection on the power play at 18:35.

Hartnell gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with 20 seconds remaining in the first period.

NOTES: Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson missed his eighth straight game because of a sore back. Defenceman Sergei Gonchar missed his fourth game due to a lower body injury ... Jason Spezza ranks second in Senators career scoring with 507 points ... Hartnell is two points shy of 400 in the NHL.


Three star selections
1st:   ERIK CONDRA
2nd:   CRAIG ANDERSON
3rd:   RYAN SHANNON
Winning Goaltender
Craig Anderson

Losing Goaltender
Brian Boucher

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STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
D. Alfredsson 10 4 6 5 10
K. Turris 10 6 3 2 9
E. Karlsson 10 1 7 0 8
E. Condra 10 1 6 -1 7
J. Pageau 10 4 2 4 6
S. Gonchar 10 0 6 -3 6
M. Michalek 10 3 2 3 5
M. Methot 10 1 4 1 5
C. Greening 10 3 1 -1 4
J. Silfverberg 10 2 2 -1 4
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
R. Lehner 0 1 0 .920 2.45
C. Anderson 5 4 0 .918 3.01
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