Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 19, 2019 · Wells Fargo Center
ESPN+ · NBCSP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 29–17.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice. Mikhail Vorobyev, Matt Niskanen, Ivan Provorov, Tyler Pitlick and Victor Olofsson also scored.
Carter Hart made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 23 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikhail Vorobyev (1)Philippe Myers (7), Travis Konecny (19)0–113:04 PHI
James van Riemsdyk (9)Kevin Hayes (10), Matt Niskanen (11)0–215:32 PHI
Matt Niskanen (5)Kevin Hayes (11), Jakub Voracek (17)0–317:05 PHI ·
2nd period
Ivan Provorov (8)Travis Konecny (20), Sean Couturier (18)0–408:20 PHI · 
Tyler Pitlick (3)Unassisted0–509:22 PHI- James van Riemsdyk (10)Travis Konecny (21), Sean Couturier (19)0–612:27 PHI ·
3rd period
Victor Olofsson (15)Rasmus Dahlin (19), Marcus Johansson (10)1–611:35 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFPHI
1729
39%61%
1/23/5
126
299
117
611
28
Penalties
- 7:55 into the first period
Morgan Frost · cross checking2 min - 15:32 into the first period
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 1:58 into the second periodColin Miller · hooking2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodRasmus Ristolainen · holding2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodBrandon Montour · slashing2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodRasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodRasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodTravis Konecny · roughing2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodJakub Voracek · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:59 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 18:38 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 15Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 18Tyler PitlickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 14:52 |
| 24Mikhail VorobyevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 5Philippe MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| 10Andy AndreoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 48Morgan FrostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 62Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 72David KaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 79Carter HartG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |