GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 5-2-0
All-Time Record: 188gp (97-64-20-7)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 33 pts: James van Riemsdyk (13g-20a)
BUF - 25 pts: Sam Reinhart (13g-12a)
1. SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
The Flyers look for a weekend sweep after a 3-2 win over the Bruins on Saturday afternoon... A win, combined with a Bruins loss (at Washington) will move them two points behind the fourth playoff position... The Flyers have earned points in six of their last eight games (4-2-2)... The Flyers haven't won back-to-back games since Mar. 27 & 29 and haven't won back-to-back in regulation since three straight from Feb. 24-28... This is the second of games on back-to-back days for the Flyers, who are 4-3-0 in second games and 2-1-0 when winning the first game... The Flyers also ran their record to 5-2-0 in games starting before 7 p.m., including two straight wins.
2. SABRE-METRICS
The Sabres kick off a three-game road trip today... They have dropped two in-a-row, but since snapping their 18-game winless streak vs. Flyers on Mar. 31, the Sabres have gone 3-2-1 and have earned points in the standings in five of their last seven games (3-2-2)... During the 18-game skid, the Sabres averaged 1.67 goals per-game, recording 30 goals in 18 games... Since that skid ended, they have averaged two more goals per-game at 3.67 with 22 goals in six games.
3. ANOTHER FINAL
For the second straight day the Flyers will wrap up a season series vs. an opponent with the eighth and final meeting against the Buffalo Sabres... The Flyers lost the first meeting and the last meeting with the Sabres, winning the five in between... Each team has posted 19 goals in the series with the Flyers recording 16 of their 19 goals in the second and third periods, while the Sabres have posted 15 of their 19 goals in the first and second frames... Sean Couturier leads all players in the series with eight points (3g-5a).
4. COMPLETE RANDOMNESS
A Flyers defenseman has scored a goal in six of their last eight games... The Flyers have allowed the first goal of the game in nine of their last 10... Four of the Flyers last five games have been decided by a score of 3-2... The Sabres average the fewest amount of penalty minutes in the NHL at 6.2 per-game... Travis Konecny has points in five straight games, recording seven points (2g-5a) in that stretch... Casey Mittelstadt has recorded six points (4g-2a) in his last six games which is the best six-game stretch of his career.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (D: #9 - Ivan Provorov)
Provorov leads the Flyers in ice time in the month of April with an average of nearly 27 minutes (26:50), which is one second shy of four minutes more than the next Flyer (Sanheim-22:51)... He has points in four straight games against the Sabres, including goals in two straight and an overtime game-winner, while posting five points (2g-3a) in that four-game span... He has 11 points (5g-6a) and a +13 rating in 18 career games vs. Buffalo.
SABRES (RW: #23 - Sam Reinhart)
In addition to leading the team in both goals (13) and overall points (25), Reinhart has points in four of his last six games (1g-3a)... He's also scored 10 of his 13 goals on the road which is T-5th among all NHL players... In the season series, he leads Buffalo with five goals on just eight shots during the seven games.
