The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, on Saturday evening at Wells Fargo Center. It was one of the Flyers more convincing wins of the season to date. The Flyers improved to 8-8-2 on the season through 18 games.

Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center began for the Philadelphia Flyers by honoring the past. The win brings them to 4-0-1 in their last five.

After a gritty overtime victory against the Ottawa Senators, the Philadelphia Flyers return to the Wells Fargo Center for the start of a five-game homestead, hoping to ride their momentum into a third straight win.

Travis Konecny (2+1), Egor Zamula (1+1), Travis Sanheim (1+1), Matvei Michkov (0+2) and Anthony Richard (0+2), all recorded multiple points for Philadelphia. Ivan Fedotov got in the start in net for the Flyers and made 23 saves. The Flyers jumped out to a 2-0 lead to begin the game, pressuring Levi throughout the period.

The Sabres came to Philadelphia to stay in the win column for their 4th game out of their last 5. Their start left more to be desired for that outcome and they never were able to dig their way out of a hole that got bigger as the game went on.