Travis Konecny scored the first goal of his career when both teams opened their season series on Oct. 25 (Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly)
By Rob Riches, Sports Talk Philly contributor 
The Flyers may have done a lot of the right things in their most recent game on Sunday against Columbus — after all, the monkey of a five-game losing streak was off their backs — but those right things still weren't enough in a 2-1 overtime loss. They close out their brief two-game road jaunt with a matchup in Western New York, against a hard-luck Buffalo Sabres team.
Sitting in seventh in the Atlantic Division with a 15-15-9 record, the Sabres are just 3-4-3 in their last 10 games. Most recently, though, they took the Winnipeg Jets down, 4-3, after firing three unanswered goals in the third period.
Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
| Flyers Leaders | GP | G | A | P | Sabres Leaders | GP | G | A | P |
| Jake Voracek | 42 | 13 | 26 | 39 | Kyle Okposo | 38 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Claude Giroux | 42 | 10 | 24 | 34 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 39 | 3 | 23 | 36 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 42 | 17 | 15 | 32 | Sam Reinhart | 39 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Brayden Schenn | 39 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Ryan O'Reilly | 29 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Travis Konecny | 41 | 6 | 14 | 20 | Brian Gionta | 29 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Player to Watch | |
| 10 Brayden Schenn | 21 Kyle Okposo |
| Last 5 Games: 2 G, 2 A, 4 P, E | Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, -1 |
| Goalie Matchup | |
| 35 Steve Mason | 31 Anders Nilsson |
| 14-13-6, 2.79 GAA, .903 SV% | 6-3-4, 2.47 GAA, .926 SV% |
Steve Mason will make his second-consecutive start for the Flyers, after being saddled with the overtime loss despite a 23-save effort against the Blue Jackets.
Anders Nilsson takes the reigns for the Sabres, making just his third start since Dec. 23. He made 39 saves in a 4-3 overtimes loss to Chicago in his last start on Jan. 5.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Scratches: Nick Cousins, Nick Schultz, Mark Streit, Boyd Gordon
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 12 Michael Raffl | 28 Claude Giroux | 24 Matt Read |
| 22 Dale Weise | 10 Brayden Schenn | 17 Wayne Simmonds |
| 11 Travis Konecny | 14 Sean Couturier | 93 Jakub Voracek |
| 76 Chris VandeVelde | 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 13 Roman Lyubimov |
| Defense | ||
| 3 Radko Gudas | 15 Michael Del Zotto | |
| 47 Andrew MacDonald | 9 Ivan Provorov | |
| 53 Shayne Gostisbehere | 23 Brandon Manning | |
| Goalie | ||
| 35 Steve Mason |
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (9th, 11th on the road), Sabres (8th, 9th at home)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (17th, 20th on the road), Sabres (29th, 26th at home)
- The Flyers are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games in Buffalo, dating back to Jan. 11, 2011.
- Recent History vs. Buffalo
- Oct. 25, 2016 — Despite trailing 3-0 to the Sabres at the end of the second stanza thanks to Tyler Ennis and a pair of Matt Moulson goals, the Flyers cashed in on three power-play goals from Travis Konecny (the first of his career), Brayden Schenn and Mark Streit en route to a 4-3 shootout win. Anders Nilsson stopped 38 of 41 shots, while Steve Mason and Michal Neuvirth turned in a combined 22 saves on 25 shots.
- Feb. 11, 2016 — R.J. Umberger (!), Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, Michael Raffl and Nick Cousins all found twine for the Orange and Black, en route to a 5-1 drubbing. Jamie McGinn scored in the third period for the Sabres, but by then, the game was well out of hand. Steve Mason turned in 41 saves on 42 shots.
Where to Watch
TV: CSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
