Sabres 5-4 Flyers (Apr 17, 2025) Play-by-Play

Philadelphia Flyers

33-39-10, 13-19-9 away

	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	1	2	4
BUF	3	1	1	5

TIME	PHI	BUF
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Noah Cates	0	0
0:09	Tyson Foerster Wrist Shot High and Wide Left	0	0
0:27	Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	0	0
0:39	Takeaway by Cam York	0	0
0:40	Tage Thompson hit Travis Sanheim	0	0
0:45	Travis Konecny Wrist Shot saved by James Reimer	0	0
0:52	Connor Clifton hit Sean Couturier	0	0
1:06	JJ Peterka shot blocked by Cam York	0	0
1:23	Takeaway by Ryan McLeod	0	0
1:25	Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	0	0
1:27	Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt	0	0
1:30	Takeaway by Jason Zucker	0	0
1:34	Jacob Bernard-Docker Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	0	0
1:36	Goalie Stopped	0	0
1:36	Alex Tuch faceoff won against Ryan Poehling	0	0
1:39	Jacob Bernard-Docker shot blocked by Owen Tippett	0	0
2:10	Devin Kaplan hit Peyton Krebs	0	0
2:53	Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Cam York	0	0
2:56	Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	0	0
2:58	Goalie Stopped	0	0
2:58	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Noah Cates	0	0
3:33	Puck in Netting	0	0
3:33	Sean Couturier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	0
4:10	JJ Peterka hit Ryan Poehling	0	0
4:11	Off-side	0	0
4:11	Owen Tippett faceoff won against Alex Tuch	0	0
4:26	Ryan Poehling hit Peyton Krebs	0	0
4:35	Alex Tuch Goal (36) Tip-In, assists: Jason Zucker (32), Jacob Bernard-Docker (6)	0	1
4:35	Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Jakob Pelletier	0	1
4:48	Off-side	0	1
4:48	Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Jakob Pelletier	0	1
4:51	Connor Clifton shot blocked by Jakob Pelletier	0	1
5:09	Icing	0	1
5:09	Noah Cates faceoff won against Sam Lafferty	0	1
5:21	Takeaway by Jiri Kulich	0	1
6:24	Travis Konecny shot blocked by Jacob Bryson	0	1
6:36	Ryan McLeod Tip-In Wide Right	0	1
6:45	Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	1
6:53	Giveaway by Cam York	0	1
7:13	Puck Frozen - Goalie	0	1
7:13	Ryan Poehling faceoff won against Alex Tuch	0	1
7:26	Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin	0	1
7:51	Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
7:55	Owen Tippett hit Peyton Krebs	0	1
7:56	Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Nick Seeler	0	1
8:05	Takeaway by Owen Tippett	0	1
8:09	Owen Tippett Wrist Shot saved by James Reimer	0	1
8:34	Sam Lafferty shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway	0	1
8:44	Giveaway by Garnet Hathaway	0	1
8:57	Sam Lafferty shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway	0	1
8:59	Goalie Stopped	0	1
8:59	Noah Cates faceoff won against Jiri Kulich	0	1
9:24	Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	0	1
9:26	Goalie Stopped	0	1
9:26	Sean Couturier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	1
9:41	Puck in Crowd	0	1
9:41	Sean Couturier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	1
9:49	Travis Konecny Wrist Shot Short	0	1
10:07	Matvei Michkov Tip-In Wide Left	0	1
10:38	Icing	0	1
10:38	Ryan Poehling faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	1
10:47	Emil Andrae Snap Shot Wide Left	0	1
11:56	Nicolas Deslauriers Wrist Shot saved by James Reimer	0	1
11:58	Goalie Stopped	0	1
11:58	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Noah Cates	0	1
12:49	Icing	0	1
12:49	Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sean Couturier	0	1
12:55	Jacob Bernard-Docker Slap Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	0	1
13:36	Jacob Bernard-Docker Delaying Game - Puck over glass	0	1
13:36	Sean Couturier faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	1
13:49	Peyton Krebs Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Alex Tuch (31), Connor Clifton (15)	0	2
13:49	Noah Cates faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	2
14:00	Off-side	0	2
14:00	Noah Cates faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	2
14:16	Noah Cates hit Connor Clifton	0	2
15:09	Matvei Michkov Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyson Foerster (18), Sean Couturier (29)	1	2
15:09	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Jakob Pelletier	1	2
15:14	Garnet Hathaway hit Zach Benson	1	2
15:30	Off-side	1	2
15:30	Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nicolas Deslauriers	1	2
15:52	Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Egor Zamula	1	2
15:53	Takeaway by Garnet Hathaway	1	2
16:02	Jacob Bernard-Docker hit Garnet Hathaway	1	2
16:11	Jack Quinn Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (32), JJ Peterka (41)	1	3
16:11	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Ryan Poehling	1	3
16:31	Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	1	3
16:40	Giveaway by Ryan Poehling	1	3
16:45	Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin	1	3
16:52	Rasmus Dahlin hit Devin Kaplan	1	3
16:58	Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot High and Wide Right	1	3
17:17	Giveaway by Noah Ostlund	1	3
17:24	Sam Lafferty Backhand saved by Aleksei Kolosov	1	3
17:25	Goalie Stopped	1	3
17:25	Noah Cates faceoff won against Noah Ostlund	1	3
17:38	Connor Clifton Wrist Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	1	3
17:40	Goalie Stopped	1	3
17:40	Noah Cates faceoff won against Alex Tuch	1	3
17:49	Peyton Krebs hit Cam York	1	3
18:05	Icing	1	3
18:05	Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sean Couturier	1	3
18:45	Giveaway by Jack Quinn	1	3
18:54	JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt	1	3
18:57	Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Aleksei Kolosov	1	3
19:04	Owen Tippett Wrist Shot saved by James Reimer	1	3
19:06	Puck in Netting	1	3
19:06	Noah Cates faceoff won against Tage Thompson	1	3
19:32	Icing	1	3
19:32	Noah Cates faceoff won against Jiri Kulich	1	3
19:38	Giveaway by Zach Benson	1	3
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	3

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

2:05

Bobby Brink lights the lamp for Flyers

0:46

Ryan McLeod seals Sabres' win with empty-net goal

0:34

Regular Season Series

PHI wins 2-1

Sabres
2
Flyers
5

Game 1

11/16

Sabres
4
Flyers
7

Game 2

3/29

Flyers
4
Sabres
5

Game 3

4/17

KeyBank Center

7:00 PM, April 17, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Buffalo, NY

Line: BUF -170

Over/Under: 6.5

Attendance: 16,633

Referees:
Peter MacDougall
Liam Maaskant

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	51	22	9	111
Carolina	47	30	5	99
New Jersey	42	33	7	91
Columbus	40	33	9	89
NY Rangers	39	36	7	85
NY Islanders	35	35	12	82
Pittsburgh	34	36	12	80
Philadelphia	33	39	10	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	52	26	4	108
Tampa Bay	47	27	8	102
Florida	47	31	4	98
Ottawa	45	30	7	97
Montreal	40	31	11	91
Detroit	39	35	8	86
Buffalo	36	39	7	79
Boston	33	39	10	76

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