In what has been a recurring theme of late, Philadelphia took a quick lead when James van Riemsdyk buried a crossing feed from Joel Farabee just 1:56 into the contest. This time, Buffalo had a response.
Reinhart buried a feed from Dylan Cozens at the 4:33 mark to kick off a string of three straight Sabres goals to conclude the first period. Kevin Hayes scored for the Flyers early in the second, but the Sabres responded once again within four minutes on a goal from Montour.
The Flyers pushed from that point on, outchancing the Sabres by a tally of 20-9 at 5-on-5 during the second and third periods (according to NaturalStatTrick.com).
Claude Giroux cut the lead to one with 4:55 remaining in the second period, forcing his way into the blue paint and tapping in a pass seconds after a Flyers power play had concluded. Shayne Gostisbehere scored a power-play goal from the point to tie the game with 5:46 left in regulation.
"Overall, the slippage of the game was just not [being] quite strong enough on some pucks, not firm enough," Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said. "Philadelphia just stayed persistent on them and turnovers led to PK situations, which took us out of our rhythm and gave them power plays."