Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · KeyBank Center
NBCSN · NBCSP
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–1 on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 32–27.
Brandon Montour scored twice. Sam Reinhart, Curtis Lazar, Ivan Provorov, Steven Fogarty and Casey Mittelstadt also scored.
Linus Ullmark made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 12 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sam Reinhart (13)Kyle Okposo (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (6)0–109:32 BUF
Curtis Lazar (5)Riley Sheahan (5)0–211:59 BUF
2nd period
Ivan Provorov (6)Sean Couturier (17), Jakub Voracek (22)1–203:50 PHI
Steven Fogarty (1)Rasmus Ristolainen (7), Jacob Bryson (2)1–309:42 BUF
Casey Mittelstadt (2)Steven Fogarty (2), Jacob Bryson (3)1–415:39 BUF
3rd period
Brandon Montour (3)Unassisted1–514:53 BUF · · - Brandon Montour (4)Kyle Okposo (7)1–615:30 BUF ·
Team stats
PHIBUF
3227
58%42%
0/30/0
06
1513
613
13
013
Penalties
- 0:54 into the second period
Tage Thompson · high sticking2 min - 16:51 into the second periodHenri Jokiharju · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodTage Thompson · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:35 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:58 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:41 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:56 |
| 55Samuel MorinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 62Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 81Carsen TwarynskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 82Connor BunnamanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:43 |
| 86Joel FarabeeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 5Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:48 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:16 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Alex LyonG | 10 | 1 | .900 | |
| 37Brian ElliottG | L | 16 | 4 | .750 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Steven FogartyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 | 22:29 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:11 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 22:31 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:43 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:15 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |