The Flyers get their 14th win in the past 18 games.
By Adam Kimelman / NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The Philadelphia Flyers won for the 14th time in 18 games, 5-2 against the Buffalo Sabres at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday.
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist for the Flyers (30-26-7), who have won four of their past six games and are 14-3-1 in their past 18. Brian Elliott made 34 saves to win his second straight start.
It was Philadelphia’s first game since a 4-3 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series on Saturday.
The Flyers are seven points behind the Penguins for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Jack Eichel and Casey Mittelstadt scored for Buffalo (29-26-8), which was coming of a 5-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday and is 1-5-1 in its past seven games. Carter Hutton made 40 saves.
The Sabres are 8 points behind Penguins.
Oskar Lindblom gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead 2:48 into the first period, and Jakub Voracek made it 2-0 at 7:52 when he scored on his own rebound. Rookie defenseman Philippe Myers had an assist on Voracek’s goal for his first NHL point.
Eichel made it 2-1 with a power-play goal at 12:08. He has 4 goals and 4 assists during a 6-game point streak.
James van Riemsdyk put the Flyers ahead 3-1 when he redirected Robert Hagg’s point shot at 15:13 of the second period.
Mittelstadt one-timed an Evan Rodrigues centering pass to cut it to 3-2 at 17:53.
Travis Sanheim made it 4-2 46 seconds into the third period, and Giroux scored into an empty net with 2:55 remaining for the 5-2 final.
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