Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 9, 2021 · Wells Fargo Center
NBCSP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in a shootout on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 33-20.
Sam Reinhart scored twice. James van Riemsdyk, Riley Sheahan, Kevin Hayes, Brandon Montour, Claude Giroux and Shayne Gostisbehere also scored.
Brian Elliott made 11 saves on 12 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
James van Riemsdyk (11)Joel Farabee (10), Sean Couturier (9)0–101:56 PHI
Sam Reinhart (10)Dylan Cozens (2), Taylor Hall (13)1–104:33 BUF
Riley Sheahan (3)Eric Staal (6), Victor Olofsson (11)2–109:39 BUF- Sam Reinhart (11)Taylor Hall (14), Rasmus Dahlin (10)3–116:39 BUF
2nd period
Kevin Hayes (9)Scott Laughton (8), Justin Braun (2)3–202:58 PHI
Brandon Montour (1)Curtis Lazar (3), Kyle Okposo (2)4–206:20 BUF
Claude Giroux (4)Jakub Voracek (13), Ivan Provorov (9)4–315:05 PHI
3rd period
Shayne Gostisbehere (4)Sean Couturier (10), Joel Farabee (11)4–414:14 PHI · PPG
SO period
Sean CouturierUnassisted4–500:00 PHI
Team stats
BUFPHI
20Shots on goal33
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
28Hits23
24Blocked shots11
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 19:02
Cody Eakin · high sticking2 min - 2nd 06:35
Kevin Hayes · cross checking2 min - 2nd 09:57Rasmus Ristolainen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:00Brandon Montour · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:06Jeff Skinner · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:36Jakub Voracek · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:05 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:51 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | O | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 65:00 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 86Joel FarabeeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 22:17 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 25:39 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 23Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 62Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 5Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:22 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Brian ElliottG | W | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 44:47 |
| 79Carter HartG | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 20:00 |