Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Thursday, December 14, 2017 · Wells Fargo Center

BuffaloSabresAway

1–2

Final

SOG 20–27

PhiladelphiaFlyersHome

NBCSP · MSG-B

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 27-20.

Goals came from Ryan O'Reilly, Travis Sanheim and Valtteri Filppula.

Brian Elliott made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 25 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	20
PHI	1	1	0	2	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan O'Reilly (8)Zemgus Girgensons (3)1–001:29 BUF
Travis Sanheim (1)Dale Weise (2), Jordan Weal (6)1–104:02 PHI

2nd period

Valtteri Filppula (8)Jakub Voracek (31), Michael Raffl (4)1–217:27 PHI

Team stats

BUFPHI

20Shots on goal27

45%Faceoff %55%

0/1Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes2

31Hits30

12Blocked shots19

9Giveaways8

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 11:15Kyle Okposo · tripping2 min
2nd 01:06Evan Rodrigues · tripping2 min
2nd 19:46Valtteri Filppula · holding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	1	1	+1	2	7	1	0	–	15:09
90Ryan O'ReillyC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	52	17:54
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	0	–	18:39
15Jack EichelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	53	20:10
17Jordan NolanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	09:38
20Scott WilsonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:15
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	–	17:00
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	12:08
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	–	14:04
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:50
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:31
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	43	14:36
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	–	12:54
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	23:10
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	21:02
41Justin FalkD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:57
47Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	22:01
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	–	23:04

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Robin LehnerG	L	27	25	2	.926	57:58

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

12Michael RafflL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	100	14:29
22Dale WeiseR	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	11:42
40Jordan WealC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100	11:34
51Valtteri FilppulaC	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	53	17:35
93Jakub VoracekR	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	18:30
6Travis SanheimD	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	14:23
11Travis KonecnyC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	11:41
14Sean CouturierC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	19:46
17Wayne SimmondsR	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	19:18
19Nolan PatrickC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	43	12:08
20Taylor LeierL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	13:21
21Scott LaughtonL	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	67	12:28
28Claude GirouxR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	19:31
3Radko GudasD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	16:02
8Robert HaggD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	–	17:15
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	0	–	27:55
47Andrew MacDonaldD	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	–	24:26
53Shayne GostisbehereD	0	0	0	+1	4	3	2	0	–	15:56

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37Brian ElliottG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00
49Alex LyonG		0	0	0	–	00:00