Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Tue, Mar 7, 2017 NHL Game #973 Buffalo Sabres 27 - 27 - 12 (66 pts) Philadelphia Flyers 30 - 26 - 8 (68 pts) Team Game: 67 16 - 11 - 6 (Home) Team Game: 65 19 - 10 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 34 11 - 16 - 6 (Road) Road Game: 32 11 - 16 - 4 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Anders Nilsson 22 9 9 4 2.75 .920 30 Michal Neuvirth 24 10 9 1 2.90 .887 40 Robin Lehner 46 18 18 8 2.59 .922 35 Steve Mason 45 18 17 7 2.75 .906 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Josh Gorges 50 0 3 3 1 35 3 D Radko Gudas 53 3 12 15 -5 63 6 D Cody Franson 59 3 15 18 1 28 9 D Ivan Provorov 64 5 19 24 -8 24 9 L Evander Kane 54 23 12 35 -10 93 10 C Brayden Schenn 61 19 23 42 -21 30 12 R Brian Gionta 66 14 17 31 -5 20 11 C Travis Konecny 52 7 15 22 -4 37 15 C Jack Eichel 45 16 26 42 -7 10 13 L Roman Lyubimov 45 4 1 5 -2 8 21 R Kyle Okposo 63 19 24 43 -6 22 14 C Sean Couturier 48 10 8 18 -5 27 23 C Sam Reinhart 64 15 26 41 -8 8 15 D Michael Del Zotto 35 4 6 10 -14 22 26 L Matt Moulson 66 12 13 25 1 8 17 R Wayne Simmonds 64 27 17 44 -18 92 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 59 6 8 14 -4 12 22 R Dale Weise 50 2 3 5 -8 17 29 D Jake McCabe 61 2 13 15 2 24 23 D Brandon Manning 54 3 7 10 -12 53 41 D Justin Falk 42 0 7 7 -1 23 24 R Matt Read 50 7 7 14 -1 6 44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 33 0 0 0 -6 23 25 C Nick Cousins 55 6 9 15 -8 31 47 D Zach Bogosian 40 1 6 7 -17 25 28 C Claude Giroux 64 12 33 45 -18 36 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 66 4 35 39 -5 27 40 C Jordan Weal 7 1 0 1 0 4 56 R Justin Bailey 25 2 2 4 4 4 47 D Andrew MacDonald 55 2 13 15 -5 18 63 L Tyler Ennis 35 4 5 9 -5 4 51 C Valtteri Filppula 61 8 27 35 1 24 71 L Evan Rodrigues 14 2 2 4 0 2 53 D Shayne Gostisbehere 58 5 22 27 -24 26 77 D Dmitry Kulikov 39 1 1 2 -17 24 55 D Nick Schultz 17 0 4 4 -1 6 82 L Marcus Foligno 66 12 8 20 -3 60 76 C Chris VandeVelde 64 5 6 11 -8 16 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 56 16 28 44 4 10 78 L Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 64 3 3 6 -2 9 93 R Jakub Voracek 64 17 35 52 -21 48 Owner/CEO Terry Pegula President Paul Holmgren President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon Executive Vice President/General Ron Hextall General Manager Tim Murray Manager Head Coach Dan Bylsma Head Coach Dave Hakstol Coaching Staff Terry Murray, Bob Woods, Coaching Staff Assistants - Ian Laperriere, Joe Tom Ward, Andrew Allen Mullen, Gord Murphy; (Goaltending Coach), Adam Goaltending - Kim Dillabaugh; Nightingale (Video Coach) Video - Adam Patterson Head Trainer/Equipment Manager Jim McCrossin/Derek Settlemyre Tonight's Officials Referees Kevin Pollock (33), Kendrick Nicholson (30) Linesmen Shandor Alphonso (52), Scott Driscoll (68) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Doug Allen Today's Schedule NSH @ ANA : 7:00 NJD @ CBJ : 7:00 CAR @ COL : 7:00 NYI @ EDM : 7:00 STL @ MIN : 7:00 MTL @ VAN : 7:00 PHI @ BUF : 7:30 NYR @ FLA : 7:30 DET @ TOR : 7:30 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 204 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 224 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 211 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 196 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 218 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 200 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 200 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 209 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 31 Anders Nilsson G 6' 6" 229 Mar 19, 1990 Lulea, SWE 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 239 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 41 Justin Falk D 6' 5" 222 Oct 11, 1988 Snowflake, MB, CAN 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 216 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 228 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 203 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 56 Justin Bailey R 6' 3" 214 Jul 1, 1995 Buffalo, NY, USA 63 Tyler Ennis L 5' 9" 175 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 71 Evan Rodrigues L 5' 10" 183 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 77 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 228 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 208 Age: 26.5 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 222 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 48 William Carrier L 6' 2" 212 Dec 20, 1994 LaSalle, QC, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks RYAN O'REILLY (3 / 3 Games) No active streaks JACK EICHEL (3-10-13 / 10 Games) RYAN O'REILLY (3-3-6 / 4 Games) Philadelphia Flyers: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 3 Radko Gudas D 6' 0" 204 Jun 5, 1990 Prague, CZE 9 Ivan Provorov D 6' 1" 201 Jan 13, 1997 Yaroslavl, RUS 10 Brayden Schenn C 6' 1" 195 Aug 22, 1991 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 11 Travis Konecny C 5' 10" 175 Mar 11, 1997 London, ON, CAN 13 Roman Lyubimov L 6' 2" 207 Jan 6, 1992 Tver, RUS 14 Sean Couturier C 6' 3" 211 Dec 7, 1992 Phoenix, AZ, USA 15 Michael Del Zotto D 6' 0" 195 Jun 24, 1990 Stouffville, ON, CAN 17 Wayne Simmonds R 6' 2" 185 Aug 26, 1988 Scarborough, ON, CAN 22 Dale Weise R 6' 2" 206 Aug 5, 1988 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 23 Brandon Manning D 6' 1" 205 Jun 4, 1990 Prince George, BC, CAN 24 Matt Read R 5' 10" 185 Jun 14, 1986 Ilderton, ON, CAN 25 Nick Cousins C 5' 10" 188 Jul 20, 1993 Belleville, ON, CAN 28 Claude Giroux C 5' 11" 185 Jan 12, 1988 Hearst, ON, CAN 30 Michal Neuvirth G 6' 1" 209 Mar 23, 1988 Ústí nad Labem, CZE 35 Steve Mason G 6' 4" 210 May 29, 1988 Oakville, ON, CAN 40 Jordan Weal C 5' 10" 179 Apr 15, 1992 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 47 Andrew MacDonald D 6' 1" 204 Sep 7, 1986 Judique, NS, CAN 51 Valtteri Filppula C 6' 0" 196 Mar 20, 1984 Vantaa, FIN 53 Shayne Gostisbehere D 5' 11" 180 Apr 20, 1993 Pembroke Pines, FL, USA 55 Nick Schultz D 6' 1" 203 Aug 25, 1982 Strasbourg, SK, CAN 76 Chris VandeVelde C 6' 2" 190 Mar 15, 1987 Moorhead, MN, USA 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 6' 0" 198 Mar 6, 1985 Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA 93 Jakub Voracek R 6' 2" 214 Aug 15, 1989 Kladno, CZE 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 196 Age: 27.4 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 12 Michael Raffl L 6' 0" 200 Dec 1, 1988 Villach, AUT Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 56 16 28 44 4 10 7 0 3 157 10.2 21:43 57.60 15 35 R 21 Kyle Okposo 63 19 24 43 -6 22 7 0 2 151 12.6 19:04 54.54 52 25 C 15 Jack Eichel 45 16 26 42 -7 10 7 0 3 185 8.6 20:04 39.76 22 25 C 23 Sam Reinhart 64 15 26 41 -8 8 9 0 3 153 9.8 17:27 41.93 18 31 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 66 4 35 39 -5 27 1 0 2 162 2.5 27:00 0.00 165 142 L 9 Evander Kane 54 23 12 35 -10 93 1 0 4 192 12.0 18:54 46.01 91 21 R 12 Brian Gionta 66 14 17 31 -5 20 2 1 2 123 11.4 16:43 45.74 42 25 L 26 Matt Moulson 66 12 13 25 1 8 9 0 1 110 10.9 11:28 25.00 33 16 L 82 Marcus Foligno 66 12 8 20 -3 60 0 1 0 88 13.6 15:45 25.00 235 52 D 6 Cody Franson 59 3 15 18 1 28 1 0 0 79 3.8 18:42 0.00 77 57 D 29 Jake McCabe 61 2 13 15 2 24 1 0 1 58 3.4 20:44 0.00 59 91 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 59 6 8 14 -4 12 0 0 0 92 6.5 13:16 47.15 88 21 C 22 Johan Larsson 36 6 5 11 -7 20 1 0 2 49 12.2 16:51 48.96 33 23 L 63 Tyler Ennis 35 4 5 9 -5 4 0 0 0 57 7.0 12:23 20.00 30 17 D 47 Zach Bogosian 40 1 6 7 -17 25 0 0 1 49 2.0 19:53 0.00 44 68 D 41 Justin Falk 42 0 7 7 -1 23 0 0 0 22 0.0 13:16 0.00 81 29 L 48 William Carrier 35 4 2 6 2 17 0 0 1 40 10.0 08:58 50.00 96 8 R 56 Justin Bailey 25 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 1 29 6.9 10:47 0.00 23 12 L 71 Evan Rodrigues 14 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 23 8.7 12:27 40.81 4 2 D 4 Josh Gorges 50 0 3 3 1 35 0 0 0 25 0.0 18:12 0.00 115 84 D 77 Dmitry Kulikov 39 1 1 2 -17 24 0 0 0 33 3.0 21:31 0.00 52 60 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 33 0 0 0 -6 23 0 0 0 17 0.0 06:55 0.00 90 5 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Anders Nilsson 22 1288 2.75 9 9 4 1 59 678 .920 0 0 0 40 Robin Lehner 46 2707 2.59 18 18 8 2 117 1388 .922 0 1 6 Philadelphia Flyers: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 93 Jakub Voracek 64 17 35 52 -21 48 4 0 2 208 8.2 19:23 27.27 26 13 C 28 Claude Giroux 64 12 33 45 -18 36 5 0 2 158 7.6 19:23 55.50 55 21 R 17 Wayne Simmonds 64 27 17 44 -18 92 13 2 4 169 16.0 19:14 47.05 129 46 C 10 Brayden Schenn 61 19 23 42 -21 30 14 0 5 138 13.8 17:44 46.58 161 32 C 51 Valtteri Filppula 61 8 27 35 1 24 0 0 1 79 10.1 17:30 46.73 22 30 D 53 Shayne Gostisbehere 58 5 22 27 -24 26 2 0 1 145 3.4 19:45 0.00 25 73 D 9 Ivan Provorov 64 5 19 24 -8 24 0 0 1 125 4.0 21:43 0.00 86 131 C 11 Travis Konecny 52 7 15 22 -4 37 3 0 0 107 6.5 14:31 0.00 73 22 C 14 Sean Couturier 48 10 8 18 -5 27 0 0 1 87 11.5 18:18 54.24 29 29 C 25 Nick Cousins 55 6 9 15 -8 31 1 0 0 94 6.4 12:07 41.01 60 23 D 3 Radko Gudas 53 3 12 15 -5 63 0 0 0 92 3.3 19:35 0.00 224 113 D 47 Andrew MacDonald 55 2 13 15 -5 18 0 0 0 49 4.1 19:57 0.00 26 121 R 24 Matt Read 50 7 7 14 -1 6 2 0 1 74 9.5 14:06 33.33 76 23 L 12 Michael Raffl 52 8 3 11 -7 20 0 0 3 63 12.7 13:15 30.00 91 22 C 76 Chris VandeVelde 64 5 6 11 -8 16 0 0 0 56 8.9 11:47 51.35 89 47 D 15 Michael Del Zotto 35 4 6 10 -14 22 0 0 0 58 6.9 19:30 0.00 122 65 D 23 Brandon Manning 54 3 7 10 -12 53 0 1 1 68 4.4 17:59 0.00 101 61 L 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 64 3 3 6 -2 9 0 0 0 77 3.9 13:34 48.60 65 59 L 13 Roman Lyubimov 45 4 1 5 -2 8 0 0 1 40 10.0 09:38 14.28 27 16 R 22 Dale Weise 50 2 3 5 -8 17 1 0 1 64 3.1 12:54 100.00 102 17 D 55 Nick Schultz 17 0 4 4 -1 6 0 0 0 16 0.0 15:29 0.00 32 32 C 40 Jordan