The Philadelphia Flyers dominated the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on November 3rd, despite the Sabres outshooting the Flyers and having more power play opportunities. The Flyers' goals were scored by Scott Laughton, Louie Belpedio, Travis Konecny, Garnet Hathaway, and Bobby Brink. The Sabres' only goal came from Henri Jokiharju. The Sabres, wearing their black and red jerseys, faced a disappointed crowd reaction as they were booed off the ice at the end of the second period. The Flyers' goalie, Samuel Ersson, was instrumental in the win.
Bobby Brink makes it 5-1 Flyers. What a pass from Joel Farabee, bing, bang, boom. #Flyers
Flyers go up 5-1, Bobby Brink 11:28 into the third.
Sabres to the power play with 12:45 to go in the third. York off for tripping.
#Sabres get a power play as York goes for tripping at 7:15...Chance to cut the deficit to 4-2.
Henri Jokiharju scored for the Sabres. 4-1 Flyers. He's also wearing a neck guard, as more and more players are starting to wear them. https://t.co/YL7yJNbzDp
The Sabres are on the board. Jokiharju from the high slot cuts the Flyers' lead to 4-1 nearly two and a half minutes into the third.
BREAKING: The #Sabres have scored a goal on Samuel Freaking Ersson. Jokiharju with the wrister at 2:24 of the third makes it 4-1. His first of the year.
Henri Jokiharju makes it 4-1 2:24 into the third period.
Sabres booed off the ice again down 4-0 after two periods. They're actually outing the Flyers 16-15 now.
After 40: Sabres trail the Flyers 4-0. Shots on goal are 16-15 for Buffalo. Boos again as the buzzer sounds.
Flyers have a 4-0 lead on the Sabres at second intermission. Ryan Poehling picked up his first point with the Flyers on a nice feed to Garnet Hathaway.
Garnet Hathaway with his second of the season. Poehling with a good set up there 4-0 Flyers
Hathaway, 4-0. Nice set up by Poehling. #Flyers
Sabres outshooting the Flyers 9-2 in this period but still trail 3-0 with 8:16 left.
Sabres to the power play 19 seconds into the period. Sanheim off for hooking.
#Flyers have outshot @BuffaloSabres, 39-12, over last 3 periods.
#Flyers have a 3-0 lead heading into second.
The Sabres are 12-1-1 since the Sabres brought back their black and red jerseys, per the NHL. They aren't looking too good tonight in them as they trail the Flyers 3-0 at the end of 1.
Flyers lead 3-0 after 20 minutes. Just sheer domination on their part. Every line looked good.
After scoring two goals on 40 shots Wednesday against the Sabres, Flyers have three goals tonight on nine shots in the first period. They lead Buffalo 3-0 at first intermission.
After 20: Flyers lead the Sabres 3-0 and are up 9-4 in shots on goal. Boos from the crowd as the clock ticked down.
This is close to a sellout crowd and they loudly boo the Sabres off the ice. 3-0 Phil. Shots were 9-4 Flyers.
End-1st: #Sabres trail #Flyers 3-0 and outshot 9-4. You can guess what the crowd reaction was at the horn.
3-0 Flyers Konecny intercepts a pass inside the Flyers' zone and takes off on a breakaway.
Sabres kill the penalty. Still 2-0 with just under six minutes to go.
#Sabres getting outshot 8-1 in this one. A terrible performance thus far other than killing the two penalties.
The Flyers are excellent defensively tonight #Flyers
The Flyers are again fantastic with controlling the play. The Sabres just have one shot on net in 12 minutes of play tonight
Sabres kill the penalty.
A tough start for the Sabres and now they'll be shorthanded. Tuch to the box for tripping with 12:49 to go in the first.
Louie Belpedio scores his first goal in the NHL and the Flyers are buzzing 2-0. Congrats Louie The Flyers like him a lot btw
Wow Flyers out to a fast start Laughton score his first of the year.
A great start for the Flyers. Joel Farabee, Bobby Brink, Scott Laughton line produced a goal just 1:03 minutes into the game. First goal of the season for Laughton. Then Louie Belpedio flushed a big rebound. The first goal of his NHL career.
Belpedio’s first NHL, 2-0.
Now Louie Belpedio makes it 2-0 at 1:31. The Flyers have two shots.
Jokiharju knocked a puck to a wide open Belpedio, 2-0 Phil.
#Flyers score again. Louie Belpedio sneaks in from point for first NHL goal. It's 2-0 at 1:31. Yeesh.
Scott Laughton scores on the Flyers' first shot 1:03 into the game.
1-0 Flyers Scott Laughton finishes off some back-and-forth passing just over a minute into this one.
Sabres beginning to warm up. https://t.co/6UaFspMoxw
The Sabres look for their third straight win. https://t.co/KjinhmkyYK
Sabres practice gets it going https://t.co/IvPu6L1obI
Your photo of the Sabres getting ready for practice this chilly Thursday morning. https://t.co/VavYdjh4X7
Luukkonen pulls the Sabres through for their second straight win, https://t.co/Gu0Vll3t1W
Lehkonen scores off a nice feed by Makar, and it's 3-1.