BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Sunday, Oct. 29
Buffalo 4 vs. Colorado 0
Goals: Peterka, Mittelstadt, Jost, Dahlin
Goalie: Luukkonen (23 saves/23 shots)
PP: 0/3; PK: 6/6;
Shots: Buffalo 29 – Colorado 23
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 22)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Jack Quinn (Achilles, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 9 games
Eric Comrie (lower body, Oct. 29; injured reserve) – 1 game
Zach Benson (lower body) – 0 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
10/31: Recalled forward Brandon Biro from Rochester (AHL)
10/29: Assigned goaltender Devin Cooley to Rochester (AHL)
10/28: Placed goaltender Eric Comrie on injured reserve; Recalled goaltender Devin Cooley from Rochester (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME SABRES at FLYERS • This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Flyers this season. • Next meeting: Friday, Nov. 3 in Buffalo. • Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Philadelphia 6-3 in Philadelphia on April 1, 2023. • The Sabres are 6-2-2 in their last 10 games against the Flyers; 4-5-1 on the road. • This is the 196th game all-time between Buffalo and Philadelphia; Buffalo has a 76-93-26 series record. • The Sabres are 29-56-15 on the road against the Flyers all-time.
HOME-AND-HOME • Tonight’s game opens Buffalo’s first and only home-and-home set this season, which concludes with a home matchup against the Flyers on Nov. 3. • The Sabres have played in 172 previous home-and-home series in franchise history, going 95-51-26 in the home games and 59-83-30 in the road games in the previous series. • The team is 75-67-30 all-time in the first game and 79-67-26 in the second. • Buffalo’s points breakdown in these previous series is as follows: four points (32), three points (26), two points (69), one point (19), zero points (26).
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Rasmus Ristolainen (D) IR – undisclosed 10/9- 9
Marc Staal (D) upper body 10/21- 5 2023-24
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 14
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
10/31 Loaned G Felix Sandstrom to Lehigh Valley (AHL) for conditioning purposes
AGAINST THE SABRES – The Flyers enter this week’s home-and-home against Buffalo with a 99-69-27 all-time record against the Sabres. – A win against Buffalo will mark the seventh NHL team Philadelphia has reached 100-plus all-time wins. – The Flyers’ 195 all-time games against the Sabres are the eighth-most against any NHL opponent, third-most against an Atlantic Division team. – Philadelphia played its 100th all-time home game against the Sabres on April 1, 2023. The Flyers look for their 60th all-time home win Wednesday – their sixth-most wins on home ice against an NHL opponent.
