Sharpen Up: January 24, 2022 | Looking back at Saturday afternoon's win

Saturday was fun. The Buffalo Sabres had a trio of two-goal scorers lead the way in their 6-3 afternoon win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Peyton Krebs notched the first two goals of his NHL career. Tage Thompson scored two power-play goals. And Jeff Skinner bookended the scoring. Thompson and Skinner each added an assist, as well.
Buffalo is back at practice today before they fly out to Ottawa in preparation of tomorrow night's game.
Faceoff on Tuesday is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550. Pregame coverage on MSG will kick things off at 6:30.
Here's what you need to know.

Saturday's recap

From the Postgame Report by Sabres.com's Jourdon LaBarber:
Peyton Krebs has always considered himself more of a playmaker than a goal scorer, a tendency he traces back to Timbit hockey in Okotoks, Alberta.
In the spirit of sportsmanship, players were not allowed to score more than three goals in a game. So, Krebs - five years old at the time - would notch his hat trick and turn his attention to setting up a friend who was among the smallest players on the ice.
"Everyone would be so pumped because the little guy scored," Krebs recalled earlier this month. "So, I think I just got that excitement and getting everyone excited that their kid scored."

That pass-first nature alleviated some of the pressure for Krebs to score his first NHL goal. The 20-year-old had played 19 games without one entering a matchup with the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. By the time the afternoon was over, he had two.
"I'm not known as a goal scorer, so I wasn't too worried about it," Krebs said. "But it's kind of just a nice thing to get off the back. Yeah, I think the floodgates will open."
Krebs became the ninth player in Sabres history to notch his first two NHL goals in the same game, a list that includes names like Vanek, Pierre Turgeon, and Craig Ramsay, among others.

"We're not winning games to a level anybody likes," Sabres coach Don Granato said. "But my confidence that we're gonna win games is through guys like Peyton. Through guys like Jack Quinn and Dylan Cozens. Through Rasmus Dahlin. I mean, these young guys, you just know. You just see every day how much better they're gonna get.
"They're dominant in moments and those moments are going to become more frequent. It's gonna happen. We're gonna keep supporting them to that end and it's gonna happen, and we know it. And Peyton is another guy that fits right into that category."

Krebs has three points in seven games since making his Sabres debut on Dec. 29. Saturday marked his third game since returning from an absence of more than two weeks due to COVID-19.
"It's a little more of an adjustment than I thought, to be honest with you," he said. "I just try to stick with the system, pick my spot. I just try to get better every day."

Read the full story here.

Injury updates

Before the game, Granato announced that Jack Quinn will miss at least four weeks with a lower-body injury. The rookie scored his first NHL goal in his second career game on Thursday. Read more here.
There was a signficiant amount of injury news after Thursday's practice, including Casey Mittelstadt's improved status to day to day, and you can catch up on that with this article.
Goaltender Craig Anderson returned to practice on Friday and Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams told WGR 550 on Saturday that it looks like Anderson will be ready to travel with the team on their road trip this week through Arizona, Colorado and Vegas.

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