Jeff Skinner led the team with nine shot attempts, including six that ended up on net. He was back on a line with Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart, and saw power-play time with them, Olofsson and Rasmus Ristolainen, as well. Buffalo ended up with seven shots on their four power plays.
"Any time it's going like that, it's not fun. You want to win games," Skinner said. "We're getting opportunities, we're just not finding ways to bury them, and then the other team is. That's been the difference in most of the games lately."
Sabres coach Ralph Krueger liked the way his new combinations spent time in the offensive zone and limited chances from the Flyers.
"I did like the feel of the team today. After two periods, you'd say, 'Well, we really put ourselves in a position to break their winning streak,' but they're on a roll," Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said. "They're playing excellent hockey, very confident team. They didn't need much and compliment to them that they kept their streak alive tonight because we were very close to biting that off."
The Flyers took the lead with 9:56 to play in the second period when Giroux picked up a loose puck in front and slipped a backhand shot into the back of the net.
The Sabres tied it thanks to Kahun's goal, but the Flyers scored twice in the third to pull away. First, Giroux one-timed a puck from the slot that unfortunately bounced off the stick of Jake McCabe 9:28 into the final frame for what turned out to be the game-winning goal.
Then with 5:11 remaining, Farabee took advantage of a broken play to give the Flyers a 3-1 lead. Ristolainen, with Farabee on the forecheck, went to pass the puck back to Hutton to reset the play. Hutton, after receiving the pass, tried to send it back behind the net for Ristolainen, but Farabee picked it off and was able to stuff the puck over the goal line.
"You just can't blame the game on that one. It was a bit of a broken play," Krueger said. "I think Risto thought there was a good play off of Hutts, who we trust so much, and the puck bounced on him a little bit and it happened. I can't be angry with anyone on that one. It's just one of those freaks that happens sometimes in the game.
"It was long before that where we needed to have that game tied up and locked up, and we would've had a different situation there."