At The Final Horn: Flyers 3 - Sabres 0

The Buffalo Sabres were unable to solve a tenacious Philadelphia Flyers attack Saturday afternoon in their 3-0 loss at KeyBank Center.
Carter Hutton made 36 saves in net for Buffalo.
Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere and Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers while Brian Elliott made 23 saves to earn the shutout.
The Sabres are 2-5-1 since coming back from the two-week break they were forced to take after a COVID-19 outbreak.

What happened

The Flyers jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Couturier scored with 5:38 remaining in the first period. Travis Sanheim intercepted a clearing attempt and dished the puck back to Couturier, who wristed one high and into the back of the net.
With 5:27 left in the second period, Gostisbehere skated in alone down the left wing and beat Hutton to make it 2-0.
Laughton scored on a breakaway with 1:06 left in the second to give the Flyers a 3-0 lead.
Buffalo's power play was 0-for-3 on the day.

Worth mentioning

Captain Jack Eichel missed his second straight game with a lower-body injury. He remains day-to-day.
Rasmus Ristolainen, Tobias Rieder and Jeff Skinner returned to the linuep after multi-game absences.
Ristolainen was placed on the COVID-related absence list on February 2 and was released from protocol on February 16. However, he experienced severe symptoms and had to miss additional time to bolster his conditioning. He missed seven games and Saturday's game marked his first appearance since January 31.
He led the Sabres with 22:18 of ice time.
Rieder did not play in the last two games due to an upper-body injury. Skinner was a healthy scratch the last three games.
Goaltender Linus Ullmark will be out at least a month with a lower-body injury sustained in Thursday's game. Jonas Johansson was recalled from the taxi squad to back up Hutton.

Coming up

The Sabres and Flyers will face each other again on Sunday at KeyBank Center. Faceoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with pregame coverage starting at 2:30 on MSG.