Flyers (36-29-11) vs Sabres (36-35-5), Fri 7pm EDT. Flyers lost 5 straight; Sabres 5-5-0 in last 10. Top scorers: Dahlin (BUF), Tippett (PHI). BUF leads season series 2-0.
Flyers captain Couturier out for 2 games with an upper-body injury. Team leads Capitals by 1 point in the Metro Division. He has 36 points in 70 games.
Rookie Jack Quinn netted two as the Sabres overcame the Flyers 4-2, marking Philadelphia's 6th loss. Dahlin scored and Luukkonen saved 32, deepening Flyers' playoff peril.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
Total
Philadelphia Flyers
0
1
1
2
Buffalo Sabres
1
2
1
4
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
Total
Philadelphia Flyers
10
13
11
34
Buffalo Sabres
4
8
7
19
Three stars
U. Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
J. Quinn, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period
Time
Team
Goal
Assists
Type
Score
1st
10:01
Buffalo Sabres
Tage Thompson (28)
JJ Peterka (22), Alex Tuch (35)
Even strength
PHI 0, BUF 1
2nd
09:07
Philadelphia Flyers
Noah Cates (5)
Owen Tippett (23), Cam York (20)
Even strength
PHI 1, BUF 1
2nd
14:51
Buffalo Sabres
Rasmus Dahlin (19)
Tage Thompson (26), Alex Tuch (36)
Even strength
PHI 1, BUF 2
2nd
19:54
Buffalo Sabres
Jack Quinn (6)
Zach Benson (17), Owen Power (25)
Even strength
PHI 1, BUF 3
3rd
09:19
Philadelphia Flyers
Owen Tippett (28)
Travis Sanheim (33), Scott Laughton (25)
Even strength
PHI 2, BUF 3
3rd
13:59
Buffalo Sabres
Jack Quinn (7)
Zach Benson (18), Dylan Cozens (28)
Even strength
PHI 2, BUF 4
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres
Stat
Philadelphia Flyers
Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal
34
19
Power play
0 of 2
0 of 0
Penalty minutes
2
6
Hits
45
36
Blocked shots
16
16
Giveaways
9
2
Takeaways
9
4
Faceoffs won
34/49 (69.4%)
15/49 (30.6%)
Box score
Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 10 B. Brink
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
15:12
Number 11 T. Konecny
R
0
0
0
-1
2
2
4
0
100%
22:56
Number 19 G. Hathaway
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
0
100%
11:48
Number 21 S. Laughton
C
0
1
1
0
0
1
4
1
50%
18:20
Number 25 R. Poehling
C
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0
1
85.7%
13:02
Number 27 N. Cates
L
1
0
1
0
0
5
1
0
66.7%
12:06
Number 48 M. Frost
C
0
0
0
-2
0
1
3
0
75%
21:40
Number 62 O. Lycksell
R
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
11:39
Number 71 T. Foerster
R
0
0
0
-1
0
5
1
0
19:38
Number 74 O. Tippett
R
1
1
2
0
0
4
4
1
100%
19:12
Number 86 J. Farabee
L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
09:58
Number 89 C. Atkinson
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
12:54
Number 6 T. Sanheim
D
0
1
1
-1
0
1
1
0
21:09
Number 8 C. York
D
0
1
1
-1
0
2
2
0
23:40
Number 9 J. Drysdale
D
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
2
23:41
Number 18 M. Staal
D
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
2
12:48
Number 24 N. Seeler
D
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
5
19:19
Number 77 E. Johnson
D
0
0
0
-1
0
1
2
2
13:16
Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 82 I. Fedotov
19
15
4
.789
55:42
Loss
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 9 Z. Benson
L
0
2
2
+2
0
0
0
1
14:51
Number 13 L. Rousek
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
10:29
Number 19 P. Krebs
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
11:58
Number 22 J. Quinn
R
2
0
2
+2
0
4
1
2
16:57
Number 24 D. Cozens
C
0
1
1
+2
0
1
3
1
58.3%
16:15
Number 28 Z. Girgensons
C
0
0
0
-1
0
0
6
2
33.3%
11:36
Number 50 E. Robinson
L
0
0
0
-1
0
1
2
0
08:19
Number 53 J. Skinner
L
0
0
0
-1
2
0
1
0
13:32
Number 71 V. Olofsson
L
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
08:06
Number 72 T. Thompson
C
1
1
2
+1
0
3
1
1
27.3%
19:25
Number 77 J. Peterka
R
0
1
1
+1
0
4
2
0
20:27
Number 89 A. Tuch
R
0
2
2
+1
0
2
1
1
25%
21:39
Number 4 B. Byram
D
0
0
0
-1
2
0
4
0
18:54
Number 10 H. Jokiharju
D
0
0
0
-1
2
1
2
1
21:07
Number 25 O. Power
D
0
1
1
+3
0
1
0
2
25:07
Number 26 R. Dahlin
D
1
0
1
+4
0
2
3
1
23:26
Number 75 C. Clifton
D
0
0
0
-1
0
0
2
2
17:51
Number 78 J. Bryson
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
14:01
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 1 U. Luukkonen
34
32
2
.941
60:00
Win
Penalties
Penalties, Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres
Period
Time
Team
Player
Infraction
Minutes
1st
01:13
Buffalo Sabres
Bowen Byram
Slashing
2
1st
19:45
Buffalo Sabres
Henri Jokiharju
Roughing
2
2nd
13:55
Buffalo Sabres
Jeff Skinner
Cross checking
2
2nd
13:55
Philadelphia Flyers
Travis Konecny
Cross checking
2
Game information
Philadelphia Flyers head coach
John Tortorella
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Referees
Furman South, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen
Tommy Hughes, CJ Murray
Philadelphia Flyers scratches
Nicolas Deslauriers, Ryan Johansen, Sean Couturier, Denis Gurianov, Adam Ginning, Egor Zamula, Ronnie Attard
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Jordan Greenway, Kale Clague, Tyson Jost
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