At The Final Horn: Sabres 0 - Flyers 3

There was certainly no love lost between the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.
The Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres played a physical game from start to finish, but it's the goals that matter and Travis Konecny, Jakub Voracek and Kevin Hayes scored to give the Flyers a 3-0 victory at Wells Fargo Center.
Carter Hutton kept Buffalo in the game when he was between the pipes, making 19 saves in two periods of action. He was replaced in net by Jonas Johansson to start the third period and was not present on the bench for the remainder of the game.
In what could have been the reason for Hutton leaving early, Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov collided with him in the opening minutes of the second period, causing the goaltender to fall back into the goal post and his mask to go flying off.
Johansson made eight saves on nine shots in relief. With Buffalo down a pair of goals, he was pulled in favor of the extra attacker with 2:40 remaining.
Stay tuned to Sabres coach Ralph Krueger's comments and Sabres.com's Postgame Report later tonight for updates.
Brian Elliott, who replaced Flyers goaltender Carter Hart midway through Buffalo's 6-1 win on Monday, made 40 saves against the Sabres on Tuesday to earn a shutout in his first start of the season.

What happened

Buffalo's power play went 0-for-3 on the night, and that included a 59-second 5-on-3 opportunity in the first three minutes of the game.
Hutton's best save of the night came on a rebound attempt by James van Riemsdyk early in the second period. Hutton stopped the initial shot by Justin Braun and then kicked out his right leg and stopped van Riemsdyk's attempt with his right skate. Provorov had collided with Hutton just a minute or so earlier.
Konecny's goal came with just 2:03 remaining in the second period when he came in on a breakaway and beat Hutton with a low shot between his pads.
With 6:17 left in regulation, Hayes skated in with Voracek on a 2-on-1 and Voracek was able to put it in for his first of the season.
Hayes added an empty netter with 1:42 left.

Roll the highlight film

Here's a look at Hutton's kick save on JVR:

Worthy of a mention

Johansson was elevated from the taxi squad on Monday and made his season debut Tuesday night. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound netminder made his NHL debut with the Sabres last season. He played in six games, going 1-3-1 with an .894 save percentage and a 2.94 goals-against average. He was an AHL All-Star, going 14-4-3 with the Rochester Americans in 2019-20.
Linus Ullmark, who missed Monday's game for personal reasons, did not dress Tuesday.
In another taxi squad move, forward Rasmus Asplund was called up from the team's taxi squad before the game. He replaced Tage Thompson in Buffalo's lineup.

Up next

Buffalo will return to the ice for practice on Thursday where we'll keep an eye on the goaltending situation. The team will then fly to the nation's capital for a two-game series against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena.
The first game will be played Friday at 7 p.m. Pregame coverage will begin at 6:30 on MSG.
Sunday's match between the two clubs will start at 3 p.m., a change announced last week after the Buffalo Bills advanced to the NFL's AFC Championship game, which will be played later that night at 6:40 p.m.