Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Sunday, April 24, 2011 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, April 24, 2011 at HSBC Arena. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 49–33.
Thomas Vanek scored twice and Daniel Brière scored twice. Rob Niedermayer, James van Riemsdyk, Nathan Gerbe, Scott Hartnell and Ville Leino also scored.
Brian Boucher made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 44 of 49.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rob Niedermayer (1)Tyler Ennis (1), Tyler Myers (1)0–102:13 BUF
Thomas Vanek (1)Tyler Myers (2), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1)0–208:41 BUF · 
Daniel Brière (1)Scott Hartnell (1), Ville Leino (1)1–214:53 PHI- Thomas Vanek (2)Tyler Myers (3), Marc-Andre Gragnani (2)1–319:27 BUF ·
2nd period
James van Riemsdyk (1)Claude Giroux (1)2–300:49 PHI- Daniel Brière (2)Andrej Meszaros (1), Claude Giroux (2)3–308:43 PHI ·
Nathan Gerbe (1)Chris Butler (1), Ryan Miller (1)3–416:09 BUF
3rd period
Scott Hartnell (1)Mike Richards (1), Nikolay Zherdev (1)4–410:43 PHI
Overtime
Ville Leino (1)Mike Richards (2), Kris Versteeg (1)5–404:43 PHI
Team stats
PHIBUF
4933
44%56%
1/52/5
1212
2022
1716
1313
36
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min - 1:21 into the first period
Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min - 7:50 into the first periodDaniel Carcillo · cross checking2 min
- 10:05 into the first periodNathan Gerbe · holding the stick2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodTim Connolly · cross checking2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodChris Butler · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 18:02 into the first periodChris Pronger · slashing2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodAndrej Meszaros · high sticking2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodJordan Leopold · holding2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodKris Versteeg · slashing2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodMike Richards · boarding2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodChris Butler · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 22Ville LeinoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:43 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20:02 |
| 10Kris VersteegR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:04 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 22:43 |
| 93Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:36 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 31:03 |
| 11Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:40 |
| 36Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 26:27 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 20Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:33 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:09 |
| 26Danny SyvretD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 06:08 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 23:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brian BoucherG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 8 | 3 | .625 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 24:11 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:23 |
| 20Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:30 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:34 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:37 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:01 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 49 | 5 | .898 |