"8.5 for that?": Linus Ullmark's "abysmal goaltending" under fire from Sens fans after Senators squander lead in Flyers comeback win

Fans reacted as the Ottawa Senators suffered a tough 5-4 overtime loss against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night after squandering a 4-2 third period lead. Goaltender Linus Ullmark has come under fire from Senators fans for his performance in the loss.

Ullmark made just 14 saves on 19 shots for a save percentage of .737. Senators fans took to social media to express their frustration with Ullmark's play. One fan tweeted:

"8.5 for that???" in regard to Linus Ullmark's $8.25M cap hit.

Another fan wrote:

"Abysmal goaltending."

Here are some fan reactions:

Just pathetic. You dominated them the entire game and you lose like that? Ullmark was absolutely terrible tonight. Offense was great the defense was terrible. Now we face Carolina. At least we got a point but we always lose the winnable games it’s embarrassing," one fan wrote.

"What an embarrassing performance by Ullmark - solely responsible." another fan wrote.

"Ullmark should not receive a check for tonight. Loss is solely on him" a user commented.

"It wasn't ully's night, but man we looked really really good. ik it's typical after a loss, but seeing all this hate towards ully makes me so sad. it's frustrating, but completely discounting our vezina-winning goalie after a bad performance doesn't go anywhere." another user wrote.

The Senators held a 4-2 advantage midway through the third period after goals from Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Josh Norris and Adam Gaudette. However, the Flyers stormed back with two goals in just over two minutes from Anthony Richard and Bobby Brink to tie the game 4-4.

The Flyers completed the comeback when Matvei Michkov scored the game-winner in overtime. Also for the Flyers, Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny added goals.

Senators' goalie Linus Ullmark's comments after the 5-4 overtime loss to the Flyers

After the game, Senators goalie Linus Ullmark shared his thoughts on the 5-4 OT loss to the Flyers.

Linus Ullmark said:

"I mean we come off really good, scored two quick ones and I think what's the take off from this one is closing games and then, really have the, what's it called? Margins on our side I would say and some unfortunate bounces, some unfortunate goal.

"I liked our back but I thought we battled through and we deserved two points tonight." he added.

The loss drops the Senators record to 8-7-1 on the season. They will look to bounce back on Saturday night when they face the Carolina Hurricanes on the road.