Buffalo suffers its fifth loss in row after Jack Eichel gave them a 2-0 lead.
By Heather Engel / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Claude Giroux had a goal and three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers scored six unanswered goals in a 6-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday.
It’s the second straight game in which the Flyers have rallied for at least a point after coming back from two goals down to force overtime in a 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.
James van Riemsdyk, Ivan Provorov, Wayne Simmonds, Dale Weise and Travis Konecny scored for the Flyers (12-12-3). Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves.
Jack Eichel scored both goals for Buffalo (17-9-4), which has lost five straight (0-3-2) after its 10-game winning streak. Linus Ullmark made 34 saves.
Eichel, with speed coming down the right wing, made it 1-0 from the top of the circle at 4:04 of the first period. He put the Sabres ahead 2-0 at 12:02 when he deflected Lawrence Pilut’s point shot.
It’s the fourth time in his past five games he’s had at least two points.
Van Riemsdyk, from the edge of the left circle, cut into the lead at 12:52 off a face-off win by Giroux with his second goal in nine games since returning from a knee injury.
Provorov scored his first goal in 14 games to tie it 2-2 from the top of the left circle at 10:10 of the second period.
The Flyers capitalized on a Sabres turnover to take their first lead of the game. Giroux capped off a shorthanded 3-on-1 for Philadelphia with a goal from the left faceoff dot to make it 3-2 at 2:49 of the third period.
Simmonds extended it to 4-2 at 8:10 with a bouncing puck that slid past Ullmark. Weise made it 5-2 with a tap-in stick side at 9:25 and Konecny’s redirect in front put the Flyers ahead 6-2 at 11:00.