Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Buffalo Sabres (5-17-1, 11 points) and the Philadelphia Flyers (8-10-2, 18 points) hit the ice at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in the first of three meetings against each other. The game can be live streamed here. Buffalo fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action on WGR 550 while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 97.5 The Fanatic.
Buffalo is still learning the system under new head coach Ted Nolan while Philadelphia has been surging of late and is just three points the New Jersey Devils for the third place spot in the Metropolitan Division.
The Flyers latest win came in a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday and Sean Couturier ended a 25-game goal drought in the contest.
"I feel 20 pounds lighter just getting that in," Couturier said Wednesday, according to NHL.com. "Sometimes you think too much when things aren't going your way. In the first period [when he missed an open net], maybe you think too much about that chance I had."
Philadelphia has been led by Brayden Schenn, who has 13 points off of six goals and seven assists while Claude Giroux has lit the lamp twice and added three assists through his last five games for a total of two tallies and 10 helpers for 12 points and Vincent Lecavalier has seven goals and four assists for 11 points.
Matt Moulson has paved the way for Buffalo by notching eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points while Cody Hodgson has found the twine nine times and added seven assists for 16 points.
In between the pipes, Ryan Miller has started 16 of 24 games for the Sabres while posting a 4-12-0 record along with a 3.18 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage while Steve Mason has started 15 of 21 games for the Flyers while compiling a 6-7-2 record along with a 2.12 GAA and a .932 save percentage.
The Sabres will look to try and turn their season around while the Flyers hope to continue to win games when the lights come on at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia tonight.
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