Yakemchuk breaks late tie in the Senators' 2-1 victory over the Flyers

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Carter Yakemchuk broke a tie on a power play with 6:59 left and the Ottawa Senators held on to beat the winless Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Thursday night.

Nick Cousins opened the scoring for Ottawa at midway through the first period. Matvei Michkov tied it in a power play at 7:46 of the second.

Linus Ullmark made 29 saves to help the Senators improve to 3-1-0.

Joseph Woll stopped 24 shots for Philadelphia. The Flyers are 0-3-2.

Michael Bunting made his Flyers debut after signing with the team Tuesday and Ottawa defenseman Hoyt Stanley made his NHL debut.

Flyers: At Boston on Saturday.

Senators: Host Nashville on Saturday night.

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Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Joseph Woll (53) makes a save as Ottawa Senators' Michael Amadio (22) creates traffic in front during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Philadelphia Flyers' Noah Cates (27) skates with the puck as Ottawa Senators' Dylan Cozens (24) reaches to block him during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' Nick Cousins celebrates after his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' William Eklund, second fom left, is helped off the ice after sustaining an injury during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' Thomas Chabot (72) clears the puck while under pressure from Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster (71) and Matvei Michkov (39) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday opposing the construction of the Triumphal Arch, becoming the first governmental body to take legal action against President Donald Trump's planned monument.

The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, criticized the speed at which the project slated for Memorial Circle has moved without going through the full review process.

“The National Park Service, the agency responsible for projects on national park land such as Memorial Circle, is proceeding full-speed toward ground-disturbing construction,” the lawsuit said. “Although the agency has claimed that a final decision to construct the Arch has not yet been made and purports to be engaged in a routine decisional process, that rushed process appears to be a pretext designed to shore up justifications for building the Arch in accordance with the President’s repeated marching orders.”

The lawsuit asks that “the agency's feverish pace toward construction of the arch” be halted to ensure that the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act be followed and proper analysis and testing be done.

“The Arlington County Board has filed this lawsuit because our community has the most to lose from this egregious and unlawful proposed project,” Arlington County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti said in a statement. He added that the county has acted in good faith in the review process, pointing out the “severe, unique, and wide-ranging negative impacts” the project will have on the county and its residents, only to see them ignored.

The county is being represented in the lawsuit by legal advocacy group Democracy Forward.

The White House and Interior Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The lawsuit comes just a day after Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson expressed concerns that the 250-foot (76-meter) arch compounds multiple safety issues that she said have gone unaddressed since a deadly January 2025 crash over the Potomac River that killed 67 people. Nelson also criticized Trump’s plan to turn the arch into “a top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.

Though the arch has received early approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were all tapped by Trump, a group of three veterans and an architectural historian sued in federal court in Washington, D.C., saying the project needs to be approved by Congress.

The arch is one of several projects around Washington that Trump has undertaken as he remakes the city, from renovating one of its storied public golf courses to threatening to demolish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

A plane flies over an anti-arch structure lifted up by demonstrators at Memorial Circle to protest the proposed Triumphal Arch, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)