Through nine minutes, shots on goal were 5-1 Flyers. Philly really did a good job of taking away time and space over the first half of the period. With 7:10 left, Vladar stopped a right circle wrist shot.

With 5:51 remaining, Jamie Drysdale killed a developing scoring chance for Buffalo. On the next shift, Porter Martone fired two attempts at the net. Behind the play, at 15:13, Samuelsson and Hunter McDonald dropped the gloves after a clean McDonald hit on Ryan McLeod.

Samuelsson received an instigation minor and 10-minute misconduct. The Flyers went to the power play. A good chance for Michkov was stopped from the circle after a pass out from Dvorak.

The Flyers iced the puck at 17:30. Buffalo pulled Luukkonen for a 6-on-5 attack.  Vladar made a tough stop on Quinn, and then an even tougher one. Knuble finally cleared the zone, accepting hard hit from Rasmus Dahlin to do so.

Shots: Flyers 7 (26 overall) – Sabres 5 (28 overall)

Faceoffs: Flyers 6 (21 overall) – Sabres 9 (27 overall)

FLYERS STARTING LINEUP

Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Noel Acciari
Porter Martone – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Alex Bump – Sean Couturier – Tyson Foerster
Denver Barkey – Jacob Gaucher – Cole Knuble

Travis Sanheim – Oliver Bonk
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Hunter McDonald – Simon Benoit

Dan Vladar
[Joseph Woll]

POSTGAME RAV4 (RAV 4 Things Revisited)

1. Power Play: Zegras on Left Side

The Flyers power play looked much more effective against Ottawa and Colorado with Trevor Zegras moving from the right half-boards to the left side. On Wednesday, the Flyers cashed in on their first power play. Zegras had the goal, albeit from near the crease.

2. Michkov

Matvei Michkov took First Star honors in Philly’s previous two games, and he brought a three-game goal scoring streak (four goals, five points overall) into the nationally televised Buffalo match. In this game, Michkov extended his point streak.

3. Keep up Recent Shooting Mentality

The Flyers had to be patient for their chances in the first period. They started to generate more attack later on in the game (even as they’d already led).

4. Between the Pipes

Vladar brought back-to-back strong starts into the Buffalo game. On this night, the Czech netminder keyed the Flyers to a lead in a game where they were getting significantly out-chanced. The team buckled down in the third period. Vladar made a couple more clutch saves when needed.