Buffalo Ices Philadelphia 5-3 - Recap

Buffalo Ices Philadelphia 5-3 - Recap

The Flyers came up short Saturday against the Sabres, falling 5-3.

Buffalo was an underdog by +165 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Buffalo got goals from Jason Pominville, Drew Stafford, Andrej Sekera, Nathan Gerbe, and Tyler Ennis in the victory. Stafford opened the scoring at 6:52 of the second period.

Ryan Miller turned in a 33-save effort for the Sabres.

Philadelphia got goals from Kimmo Timonen, Kris Versteeg, and James van Riemsdyk in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 of 34 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Buffalo went 0-for-4, while the Flyers were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Philadelphia outshot Buffalo 36-35 in the game.

Next game, Buffalo takes its act on the road to face Minnesota looking for another win. For Philadelphia, they head on the road to face New York.