PHILADELPHIA – James van Riemsdyk struck for two goals on Thursday night and the Flyers routed the visiting Buffalo Sabres, 6-1.
The Flyers built a 6-0 lead through the second period.
Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres players have a scum at the end of the second period.
Carter Hart made 16 saves in the win.
“Obviously now some pucks are going in,” van Riemsdyk said. “I’d like to think I was doing a lot of good things the first half of the year. For whatever reason pucks weren’t going in, but now want to keep it rolling here.”
Victor Olofsson spoiled the shutout bid with a third period goal for the Sabres.
“Nobody played a good game tonight and that’s frustrating,” Buffalo’s Kyle Okposo said. “Losing Jack right before the game, that’s a time for guys to step up and nobody did it.”
Mikhail Vorobyev, Ivan Provorov and Matt Niskanen scored for the Flyers.
“It was a big win,” said Tyler Pitlick, who haf a goal in the win . “Every point is important. … We got a lot of goals and we got them from a lot of different people too. So that’s huge for everyone’s confidence and going into the next game and hopefully we’ll keep rolling.”
Claude Giroux #28 and Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers. Rasmus Ristolainen #55 and Rasmus Dahlin #26 of the Buffalo Sabres
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Carter Hutton made 23 saves in the loss.
“We got slapped hard today,” Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger said. “They played very well and saw the opportunity and took it. We have to be angry about it but use that anger for energy in the right way and that’s what we’ll do.”
Tyler Pitlick #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers attempts to score on Carter Hutton #40 of the Buffalo Sabres
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers is tripped up during a scoring chance.
Marcus Johansson #90 of the Buffalo Sabres checks Justin Braun #61 of the Philadelphia Flyers
James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores against the Buffalo Sabres
Colin Miller #33 of the Buffalo Sabres tackles Andy Andreoff #10 of the Philadelphia Flyers
James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers fights off Henri Jokiharju #10 and scores against Carter Hutton #40 of the Buffalo Sabres
Carter Hutton #40 and Henri Jokiharju #10 of the Buffalo Sabres and Jakub Voracek #93 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Carter Hutton #40 of the Buffalo Sabres makes a glove save.
Zemgus Girgensons #28 of the Buffalo Sabres attempts to screen Carter Hart #79 of the Philadelphia Flyers
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