The Ottawa Senators tried and failed to play keep-away with a one-goal lead and had to go to overtime to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday. While the Senators neglected to post a shot on goal in the third period until only 1:26 remained,

After weeks of making little progress to end the government shutdown, senators are spending their first weekend working overtime since the crisis started, as thousands of flight delays and cancellations could cause mounting chaos at airports across the country.

The Ottawa Senators will take on the Philadelphia Flyers at 1 p.m. on Saturday to wrap up a two-game swing. The Sens enter Saturday on a three-game point streak, but are coming off back-to-back overtime losses in Montreal and Boston.

Maybe it was the early start time, but on a warm fall afternoon in Philadelphia, the Flyers came out stagnant. They did regroup in the second period, and tied the game in the third, but it wasn’t enough as the Ottawa Senators won,

A bipartisan group of senators has been discussing a potential deal to end the shutdown, but some Democrats think it would amount to their party caving.

The filibuster, a long-standing Senate rule, allows a single senator to block most legislation unless 60 senators vote to cut off debate. Democrats have used the filibuster to block Republicans’ government funding bill for more than a month despite Republicans’ 53-seat Senate majority.

The mountainous Slovakian defenseman spent four seasons with Ottawa and left an indelible mark on the franchise and his teammates.

A bipartisan group of US senators is urging Hungary to stop buying Russian energy as that country’s prime minister, Viktor Orban prepares to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday.