Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 22, 2017 · KeyBank Center
SN · NBCSP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Friday, December 22, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 37-35.
Jack Eichel scored twice. Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Michael Raffl and Shayne Gostisbehere also scored.
Robin Lehner made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 33 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
3rd period
Ryan O'Reilly (9)Evander Kane (18)0–103:59 BUF
Evander Kane (15)Josh Gorges (2), Kyle Okposo (10)0–211:08 BUF
Michael Raffl (6)Claude Giroux (27), Jakub Voracek (35)1–217:50 PHI · PPG
Jack Eichel (12)Marco Scandella (8), Ryan O'Reilly (14)1–318:53 BUF · EN
Shayne Gostisbehere (7)Claude Giroux (28), Jakub Voracek (36)2–319:28 PHI- Jack Eichel (13)Marco Scandella (9)2–419:59 BUF · EN
Team stats
PHIBUF
35Shots on goal37
48%Faceoff %52%
1/5Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes10
17Hits21
10Blocked shots14
9Giveaways7
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 11:01
Robert Hagg · holding2 min - 2nd 04:30
Evander Kane · hooking2 min - 2nd 08:39Sam Reinhart · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:41Sam Reinhart · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:01Jake McCabe · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 08:10Scott Laughton · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:02Rasmus Ristolainen · closing hand on puck2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 22:17 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:03 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 22:45 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 24:00 |
| 15Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:51 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 21:51 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:49 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:05 |
| 40Jordan WealC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:08 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Brian ElliottG | L | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 57:28 |
| 49Alex LyonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 16:51 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:10 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 29:10 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:22 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:12 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11:31 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:25 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 28:06 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |