Casey Mittelstadt
The Flyers managed to cut the lead to one, but couldn’t complete the rally in a loss to the Avalanche on Monday night.
Aleksei Kolosov starts and Helge Grans makes his NHL debut as the Flyers continue the homestand on Monday against the Colorado Avalanche.
The Flyers hit the road and complete the second half of the home-and-home against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
The Sabres scored three goals in the third period as the Flyers could not finish on chances, ending the four-game homestand with a loss.
A home-and-home against the Buffalo Sabres is next on the schedule as the Flyers close a four-game homestand on Wednesday night.
Alex Tuch scored a hat trick to lift the Sabres to a 6-3 win over the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night.
Less than 24 hours before the trade deadline, the Flyers were left with a stunning defeat to the Buffalo Sabres, the NHL lowest team in the standings, handed a loss by lowly Buffalo for the second time in two weeks. It was the most fitting of endings for a team that has continued to get in their own way all season.
The Sabres tied the game with 3:03 left after an icing by the Flyers, then scored again with 2:38 to play to take the lead away from the Flyers in a matter of 25 seconds. Buffalo also managed the empty-netter to secure the 5-3 result on Sunday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center.
How did the Flyers cap off this month? Quite possibly in the most fitting way, losing to a team that couldn’t win a game all month long, the only team that seemed to be finding a way to lose games more than the Flyers themselves. It wasn’t even a close loss, it was another embarrassment. The Buffalo Sabres snapped an 18-game winless streak as the Flyers closed March with a 6-1 defeat on Wednesday night.
Monday’s game was a battle royale of mediocrity. This was a game that probably played out exactly as it should have in both result and process. Yes, the Flyers are a better team than the Sabres. The standings certainly reflect that. But for 40 minutes, they weren’t close to that, so much so that they not only once again dug a hole to the worst team in the league, requiring another frantic third-period rally, but they also had to shorten the bench to do it.
