🔔 Away Flyers 15-12-7
2–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 8-19-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🔔 PHI 0022
⚔️ BUF 0044

Flyers at Sabres

Sabres beat Flyers 4–2 at KeyBank Center on December 22, 2017.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2017-18 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jack Eichel
2 G
5 shots · 18:10 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Evander Kane
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 16:51 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Robin Lehner
33 saves
0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
3rd period
⚔️ Ryan O'Reilly Go-ahead 3rd · 03:59
Assists: Evander Kane · beat Brian Elliott
0–1
⚔️ Evander Kane 3rd · 11:08
Assists: Josh Gorges, Kyle Okposo · beat Brian Elliott
0–2
🔔 Michael Raffl PP 3rd · 17:50
Assists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · beat Robin Lehner
1–2
⚔️ Jack Eichel Empty net 3rd · 18:53
Assists: Marco Scandella, Ryan O'Reilly
1–3
🔔 Shayne Gostisbehere 3rd · 19:28
Assists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · beat Robin Lehner
2–3
⚔️ Jack Eichel Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Marco Scandella
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Couturier · Giroux · Simmonds 22:17
L2 Raffl · Filppula · Voracek 17:16
L3 Weal · Patrick · Weise 13:16
L4 Laughton · Lehtera · Konecny 8:49
D1 Provorov · Gostisbehere 23:26
D2 Gudas · MacDonald 16:44
D3 Hagg · Sanheim 15:24
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Eichel · Okposo 18:10
L2 Kane · Larsson · Girgensons 16:51
L3 Pouliot · Reinhart · Josefson 13:25
L4 Wilson · Nolan · Pominville 9:12
D1 Scandella · Ristolainen 28:38
D2 Bogosian · McCabe 18:14
D3 Gorges · Beaulieu 11:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI BUF⚔️
35 Shots on goal 37
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
17 Hits 21
10 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 3
9 Giveaways 7
4 Penalty minutes 10
PHI shooting 5.7% (2/35) BUF shooting 10.8% (4/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Brian Elliott
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 57:28 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 03:59 · 0–1 Evander Kane · 3rd 11:08 · 0–2 Michael Raffl · 3rd 17:50 · 1–2 Jack Eichel · 3rd 18:53 · 1–3 Shayne Gostisbehere · 3rd 19:28 · 2–3 Jack Eichel · 3rd 19:59 · 2–4
PHI BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 9-5-1 (60% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 6-5-3 (43% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Dec 142017 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 1–2 Mar 72017 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 6–3 Jan 102017 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Oct 252016 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 3–4 SO Feb 112016 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 1–5
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❓ PHI vs BUF, answered

Who won Flyers vs Sabres on December 22, 2017?

Sabres won 4–2. The final score was Flyers 2, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Flyers?

Michael Raffl, Shayne Gostisbehere.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jack Eichel (2), Evander Kane, Ryan O'Reilly.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔔 Flyers
BeforeDec 20 🐙DET @ 🔔PHI 3–4 AfterDec 23 🔔PHI @ 🧥CBJ 1–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 19 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 AfterDec 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 2–4
Also on December 22
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