BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Friday, March 31
NY Rangers 2 at Buffalo 3 (OT)
Goals: Peterka, Greenway, Skinner
Goalie: Levi (31 saves/33 shots)
PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1; Shots: Buffalo 34 – NY Rangers 33
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 140)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Tage Thompson (upper body, March 27) – 2 games
Craig Anderson (upper body) – 1 game
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
3/25: Recalled F Lukas Rousek from Rochester (AHL)
3/26: Loaned F Lukas Rousek to Rochester (AHL)
3/27: Recalled F Lukas Rousek from Rochester (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, April 4: Buffalo at Florida, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 6: Buffalo at Detroit, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 8: Carolina at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, April 10: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11: Buffalo at New Jersey, 7:00 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME
SABRES AT FLYERS
• This is the third and final meeting between the Sabres and Flyers this season.
• Last meeting: Philadelphia defeated Buffalo 5-2 in Philadelphia on March 17.
• The Sabres are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against Philadelphia; 3-6-1 on the road.
• This is the 195th game all-time between Buffalo and Philadelphia; Buffalo has an 75-93-26 series record.
• The Sabres are 28-56-15 on the road against the Flyers all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Buffalo has earned a win in five of its last seven games against Philadelphia dating back to March 31, 2021.
• Alex Tuch has recorded 14 points (8+6) in his last 14 games dating back to Feb. 15 at Anaheim.
• Tage Thompson has recorded 39 points (18+21) in his last 39 games, including 20 points (9+11) in his last 20 games.
• With one point in tonight’s game, Thompson would become the 10th skater in Sabres history to record 90 or more points in a single season. Daniel Briere’s 95 points (32+63) in 2006-07 is the last instance of a Buffalo skater reaching 90 points.
• JJ Peterka has registered 10 points (3+7) in his last 10 games, including one goal in each of his last two.
• A goal in tonight’s game would give him his first goal streak of three or more games in his career.
• A point in tonight’s game would give Casey Mittelstadt a four-game point streak, which would mark his third point streak of four or more games this season.
• During his current three-game point streak, Mittelstadt has notched four points (0+4).
• Owen Power has earned one point in back-to-back games and would earn his fourth point streak of three or more games this season.
BACK-TO-BACK
• Today’s game concludes Buffalo’s 13th of 15 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began with a 3-2 overtime win over the New York Rangers last night. The Sabres are 7-5-1 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 4-7-1 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in back-to-back sets this season is: four points (4), three points (0), two points (2), one point (2) and zero points (4).
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo Sabres
Wells Fargo Center
TV: NBCSP | Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 74
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 74
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 74
Carter Hart lower body 3/28-present 2
Travis Konecny IR-upper body 2/21-present 16
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 388
FLYERS VS. SABRES HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS SABRES
99-68-27 ALL-TIME RECORD 75-93-26
59-23-17 HOME 47-37-11
40-45-10 ROAD 28-56-15
2-3-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 3-2-0
5-5-0 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5-3-2
620 GOALS SCORED 563
21.8% POWER PLAY 23.2%
76.8% PENALTY KILL 78.2%
van Riemsdyk: 29 pts (20-9=29) in 49 GP
Hayes: 19 pts (5-14=19) in 27 GP
Provorov: 14 pts (5-9=14) in 24 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Skinner: 34 pts (17-17=34) in 48 GP
Okposo: 31 pts (10-21=31) in 57 GP
Two players tied at 10 pts
Hart: 4-2-0, 2.62 GAA, .914 SV%, 1 SO in 8 GP
Sandstrom: 0-1-0, 4.11, .897 SV5 in 1 GP
TEAM GOALTENDERS Anderson: 14-11-3, 3.03 GAA, .909 SV%, 1 SO in 30 GP Comrie: 1-0-0, 0.00, 1.000 SV%, 1 SO in 1 GP
2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
January 9 KeyBank Center PHI (4), BUF (0)
March 17 Wells Fargo Center PHI (5), BUF (2)
April 1 Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/31 – Loaned G Samuel Ersson to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
3/28 – Recalled G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on emergency conditions
3/27 – Signed D Emil Andrae to a three-year, entry-level contract
TEAM NOTES
QUICK STATS
- Philadelphia is on a season-high seven-game point streak, 6-0-1 – their longest point streak since recording a nine-game win streak (9-0-0), Feb. 18-March 7, 2020.
- The Flyers have outscored their opponents, 29-21 (not including shootout goals), during the seven-game point streak.
- Philadelphia scored two power-play goals Thursday – their fifth game of the season with multiple PPG. The Flyers have scored five PPG in their last seven games, ranking fifth in the NHL in PP% (33.3) and T-11th in PPG since March 17.
- The Philadelphia notched two season-high four-game win streaks this season: March 21-28 & Dec. 29-Jan. 5.
- The Flyers have five players with 40-plus points this season, the first campaign of five-plus players with 40-plus points since 2019-20.
- Philadelphia tied its season-high six goals March 21 vs. FLA, including three second period goals in a span of 2:01. Per NHL Stats, the last time Philadelphia scored as many goals in 121 seconds or fewer was Feb. 8, 2020 at WSH (105 seconds).
- The Flyers rank third in the NHL with 1,295 blocked shots and fourth with 2,045 hits.
- Philadelphia has reached 2,000-plus hits in a season for the sixth time in franchise history and for the first since 2016-17. The franchise record is 2,511 hits set in 2014-15.
- The Flyers tallied 40 hits Feb. 11 vs. NSH for their sixth game of 40-plus hits this season. The six games of 40-plus hits are the most in a single season since recording 13 games during the 2014-15 season.
- Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- The Flyers’ 1,295 blocked shots this season are the fourth-most in franchise history. The franchise record is 1,317 set during the 2010-11 campaign.
- Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Feb. 12 at CGY for its fifth game of the season with 30-plus blocked shots
– the most 30-plus blocked shot games in a Flyers season since 2005-06. The Flyers tallied a season-high 32 blocked shots Oct. 27 vs. FLA.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/31 – Loaned G Samuel Ersson to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
3/28 – Recalled G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on emergency conditions
3/27 – Signed D Emil Andrae to a three-year, entry-level contract
HOME COOKIN’
- The Flyers enter Saturday’s contest with three home games remaining in their 2022-23 regular season.
- Philadelphia posted a 5-1-1 record in a season-high seven-game homestand, March 14-28.
- The Flyers have played in six extra session games in the last 14 home contests, posting a 2-4 record in those games. The Flyers are 2-5 in extra play games at home this season.
- Philadelphia is 11-7-4 in its last 22 home games and 17-16-5 in 38 home games this season.
- The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 17 of its last 25 home games. The Flyers are 16-4-3 at home this season when scoring three-plus goals.
BACK-TO-BACKS
- Saturday’s and Sunday’s games mark the Flyers’ 14th back-to-back set of 15 this season.
- This set marks the final home-to-road back-to-backs this season:
- Nov. 25 vs. PIT (4-1 L); Nov. 26 at NYI (6-5 L)
- Jan. 8 vs. TOR (6-2 L); Jan. 9 at BUF (4-0 W)
- Feb. 24 vs. MTL (5-2 L); Feb. 25 at NJ (7-0 L)
- April 1 vs. BUF; April 2 at PIT
- The Flyers are 5-6-2 in the first game of a back-to-back this season and 2-10-1 in the second.
