4th Consecutive Victory
Sabres 5 – Flyers 3 (en) Buffalo’s newest GM begins his tenure with a victory and inherits a four-game winning streak, (D) Dahlin earned his 23rd assist of the season last night giving him 300 for his career becoming the ninth Sabres player to achieve this milestone, (C) Thompson scored again with his fifth goal in five games.
(LW) Benson and (D) Samuelsson each contributed two assists, and head coach Ruff earned his 915th win making him the fourth winningest head coach in NHL history.
Notable injuries last night to (D) Timmins who broke his leg and will be out nearly two months, and an undisclosed upper body injury to (C) Kozak with no updates.
The Buffalo Sabres will host the New York Islanders this Saturday early evening beginning at 5 pm EST before embarking on a two-game road trip.
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