🔔 Away Flyers 49-25-7 before this game
2–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 48-29-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PHI 0022
BUF 0011

Flyers at Sabres

Flyers beat Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center on April 8, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Apr 8, 2001 · 14:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Derek Plante
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:50 TOI · +2
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Ruslan Fedotenko
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 16:35 TOI · +2
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Simon Gagne
2 A
2 shots · 17:01 TOI · +2
4rd star 🔔 PHI
Roman Cechmanek
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🔔 Derek Plante Go-ahead 3rd · 00:57
Assists: Simon Gagne, Ruslan Fedotenko · beat Dominik Hasek
1–0
⚔️ Donald Audette PP Tying 3rd · 06:33
Assists: Miroslav Satan, Doug Gilmour · beat Roman Cechmanek
1–1
🔔 Ruslan Fedotenko Go-ahead 3rd · 12:26
Assists: Simon Gagne, Derek Plante · beat Dominik Hasek
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI BUF⚔️
17 Shots on goal 37
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
24 Hits 39
16 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 3
25 Giveaways 26
10 Penalty minutes 6
PHI shooting 11.8% (2/17) BUF shooting 2.7% (1/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Roman Cechmanek
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 59:32 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 49-25-7 (60% win rate, 81 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 48-29-4 (59% win rate, 81 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 49-25-7 (60% win rate, 81 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 48-29-4 (59% win rate, 81 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 LeClair · Langkow · Recchi 19:12
L2 Gagne · Fedotenko · Plante 17:01
L3 Ranheim · Manderville · Hull 13:41
L4 McAllister · White · McAmmond 8:15
L5 Fedoruk 4:13
D1 Desjardins · Mcgillis 25:04
D2 Richardson · Therien 23:20
D3 Sykora 15:35
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Satan · Varada 20:14
L2 Gilmour · Brown · Audette 17:53
L3 Rasmussen · Heinze · Dumont 14:43
L4 Boulton · Gratton · Ray 4:09
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 22:43
D2 Warrener · Patrick 17:41
D3 McKee · Smehlik 16:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Flyers lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 1, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
0–2 · Flyers won
Nov 22, 2000
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · Flyers won
Nov 4, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
0–3 · Flyers won
Apr 20, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
2–5 · Flyers won
Apr 18, 2000
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ PHI vs BUF, answered

Who won Flyers vs Sabres on April 8, 2001?

Flyers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Sabres?

The final score was Flyers 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Flyers?

Derek Plante, Ruslan Fedotenko.

Who scored for Sabres?

Donald Audette.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Roman Cechmanek made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Flyers vs Sabres season series?

Flyers lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 7
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–4 · PHI won
Next game · Apr 11
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
2–1 · BUF won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 6
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 11
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
2–1 · BUF won
Also on April 8, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
4–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
6–4 final
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–2 final
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
4–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
3–4 final
Flyers season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule