Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 2025 · Wells Fargo Center
NHLN · NBCSP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 32-21.
Matvei Michkov scored twice, Jack Quinn scored twice and Ryan Poehling scored twice. Jakob Pelletier, JJ Peterka, Noah Cates, Tyson Foerster and Alex Tuch also scored.
Samuel Ersson made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 25 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matvei Michkov (23)Travis Konecny (46), Egor Zamula (12)Quinn 1:07 into shift0–105:27 PHI
Jakob Pelletier (5)Owen Tippett (19), Ryan Poehling (14)0–205:56 PHI
Jack Quinn (12)JJ Peterka (34), Ryan McLeod (27)Deslauriers 1:14 into shift1–210:57 BUF
2nd period
JJ Peterka (23)Jack Quinn (18), Peyton Krebs (15)2–201:41 BUF
Jack Quinn (13)Ryan McLeod (28), Owen Power (31)3–208:13 BUF · PPG
Matvei Michkov (24)Travis Konecny (47)Byram 1:12 into shift3–310:36 PHI
Noah Cates (15)Tyson Foerster (17), Bobby Brink (24)3–414:11 PHI
3rd period
Ryan Poehling (9)Owen Tippett (20), Olle Lycksell (5)3–506:39 PHI · PPG
Tyson Foerster (18)Bobby Brink (25), Noah Cates (16)3–610:13 PHI
Alex Tuch (29)Ryan McLeod (29)Brink 1:48 into shift4–615:05 BUF · SHG
Ryan Poehling (10)Noah Cates (17)4–715:34 PHI · PPG
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
4–6 · 3rd 15:05 · Tuch. Brink was 1:48 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 PHI
1st 5:27 · Michkov
Long shift: Quinn 1:07
0–2 PHI
1st 5:56 · Pelletier
Bryson 0:43
1–2 BUF
1st 10:57 · Quinn
Long shift: Deslauriers 1:14
2–2 BUF
2nd 1:41 · Peterka
Michkov 0:57
3–2 BUF
2nd 8:13 · PP · Quinn
Cates 0:12
3–3 PHI
2nd 10:36 · Michkov
Long shift: Byram 1:12
3–4 PHI
2nd 14:11 · Cates
Thompson 0:10
3–5 PHI
3rd 6:39 · PP · Poehling
Malenstyn 0:35
3–6 PHI
3rd 10:13 · Foerster
Thompson 0:43
4–6 BUF
3rd 15:05 · SH · Tuch
Stuck out there: Brink 1:48
4–7 PHI
3rd 15:34 · PP · Poehling
Krebs 0:34
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.6×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).
29%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 12:11
Jiri Kulich · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:09
Tyson Foerster · boarding2 min
- 2nd 06:18
Rodrigo Abols · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:53
Peyton Krebs · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:23
Zach Benson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Jack QuinnR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 20Jiri KulichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:21 |
| 48Tyson KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 63Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:10 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 24Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:35 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 32 | 25 | 7 | .781 | 60:00 |
| 47James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15:44 |
| 27Noah CatesL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 10Bobby BrinkR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 11Travis KonecnyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 39Matvei MichkovR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:59 |
| 71Tyson FoersterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 74Owen TippettR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 15Olle LycksellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 22Jakob PelletierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 5Egor ZamulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:24 |
| 18Rodrigo AbolsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:17 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 25:10 |
| 8Cam YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 9Jamie DrysdaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 24Nick SeelerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:49 |
| 36Emil AndraeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Samuel ErssonG | W | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 60:00 |
| 82Ivan FedotovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |