Buffalo Sabres

(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly) By Bill Minchin, Sports Talk Philly writer The Philadelphia Flyers (25-20-6) return home Thursday night to host the Atlantic Division leading Montreal Canadiens (30-14-7). This is the third and final meeting between the Eastern Conference foes and the lone game in Philadelphia. Opening faceoff is set for 7:00. The Canadiens are coming […]

Photos by our photographer Kate Frese from Tuesday's game against the Sabres can be found here. 

Embed from Getty Images   With the Flyers sitting on a comfortable 5-1 lead with 3:33 to play in Thursday's game against the Sabres, Radko Gudas laid a hit on an unsuspecting Daniel Catenacci. Jake McCabe came to the defense of Catenacci, getting in a fight with Gudas. It was Gudas' second fight of the […]

Flyers get back on track against Sabres Embed from Getty Images   Game Events   [Mouse-over image for goal details} Forwards [What is Corsi rating?] The Philadelphia Flyers lines look pretty evenly mediocre in the possession stats last night, although there's a number of qualifiers on that. They played decent to start against the Buffalo […]

Umberger's 1st relaxes team in blowout win as Flyers look to build on momentum Embed from Getty Images   If the Flyers were looking to make a statement following a rather lackluster loss on Tuesday, then mission accomplished. A four-goal second period paced the Flyers to a dominant 5-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on […]

Embed from Getty Images   They weren't making excuses, but they didn't have answers either. The Flyers couldn't seem to find the reason for their lapses throughout the season, the way a three-game losing streak suddenly follows a three-game win streak. The Flyers are riding one of those three-game streaks right now after winning their […]

  At 4-2-1, the Flyers entered Tuesday's game with a chance to prove this wasn't last year's team. They had survived the early flurry of challenges and picked up four wins to boot, the last coming in a shootout no less. That kind of momentum would need to be sustained. Facing a 2-6-0 Buffalo Sabres […]

  The spectrum shifts for the Flyers as they head into their eighth game of the season. Coming off another telling win against the New York Rangers — in a shootout, no less — the Flyers get their first chance to correct another area that palgued them for much of last season. The Buffalo Sabres […]

  View image | gettyimages.com There is no doubt that on Tuesday night the Wells Fargo Center will be jam-packed when the Philadelphia Flyers host the Buffalo Sabres, but it won’t be just for the contest between the two teams. It will be crowded because of Danny Briere. Briere will be honored by the Flyers […]