Flyers edge Sabres in OT, force Game 7
Ville Leino’s goal at 4:43 of overtime led the Philadelphia Flyers past the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Sunday afternoon, forcing a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup.
Ville Leino’s goal at 4:43 of overtime led the Philadelphia Flyers past the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Sunday afternoon, forcing a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup.
Buffalo rookie Tyler Ennis scored his first and second career playoff goals, including the overtime winner as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
The Sabres now lead the best of seven series 3-2 as the series shifts to Buffalo for the pivotal game six, Sunday at 3pm.
Ennis buried a rebound off Philadelphia goalie Michael Leighton’s pads to end the game 5:31 into overtime.
Nikolay Zherdev’s first career playoff goal at 16:44 of the second period held up as the game winner to give the visiting Philadelphia Flyers a 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.
Ryan Miller stopped all 35 shots he faced and Patrick Kaleta scored the game’s lone goal as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final matchup.
For the ninth time in playoff history, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres will face each other for the right to advance in the quest of Lord Stanley’s mug.
Last season, four teams from the Northeast Division made it to the playoffs, leaving only the Maple Leafs on the outside looking in. This year there are two front-runners to make it back (in Boston and Buffalo), and three bubble teams (in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa).
Could Nikolai Kulemin develop into a legitimate scoring threat for the Leafs?
Amidst all the Nazem Kadri drama that has taken place over the past week, one unusual suspect has quietly found himself penciled in to Ron Wilson’s opening night lineup as a result.
Tyler Ennis scored the game winner in the second period as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in a pre-season tilt on Saturday at the HSBC Arena. Andrej Sekera and Rob Niedermayer also scored for the Sabres, while Nikolai Kulemin replied for the Leafs.
Tim Connolly scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Friday night at the HSBC arena.