He also won 20 of 36 face-offs and helped the Sabres kill a couple of penalties in the third period.
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On O’Reilly: “We leaned on him for 35-plus draws tonight”.
The slowest start of his career came in 2010-11 when he went 11 games without a goal.
“We didn’t deserve to win the game”, Jakub Voracek said. Philly drew no closer, and Ullmark finished with 27 saves on 28 shots.
Buffalo Sabres center David Legwand (17) knocks down a high puck in front of Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Michael Del Zotto (15), during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday October 30, 2015 in Buffalo, New York. Two of those came this week against the Sabres.
The Sabres (4-7-0) have now won two of their past three games – both against the Flyers (4-4-2).
“The effort is there, but a few things are creeping into our game, mistakes”, Streit said to the attending media. It was his fifth game in North America and the native of Sweden is adjusting to the game on a smaller rink with more physical play in front of the net and pucks that find a way to the crease from the boards. “We wanted to respond from last night, but obviously didn’t do it”. “They were better than us”. Neuvirth was tasked with stopping the two-game losing streak by launching the five-game road trip with a win in Buffalo. Newcomer Ryan O’Reilly has keyed the offense with 10 points while second-overall draft pick Jack Eichel has matched him with three goals but owns a minus-7 rating. “We spent all our energy killing penalties off”.
Eichel put the Sabres up 1-0 with 35.4 seconds left in the first period.
With less than a minute to play in the opening frame, Eichel showed why he’s regarded as a can’t-miss prospect, cutting quickly to lose Luke Schenn and skating to the slot to rifle a wrist shot past Michal Neuvirth for the rookie’s fourth goal of the season.
“With the puck on his stick, there’s a little bit different electricity in the air”, Bylsma said. “It was nearly a crescendo as he made the move to the middle of the ice”.
On Friday, the Flyers (4-4-2) mustered a measley 14 shots on goal over the first two periods and found themselves trailing 3-0 early in the third period. O’Reilly scored just eight seconds after an interference minor penalty against Flyers winger Vinny Lecavalier.
“We haven’t been able to get any kind of rhythm in any one of these past three games”, Hakstol said after the Flyers’ third straight loss.
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At 16:34, Streit pinched up to join the rush and took a pass from Umberger to beat Ullmark from near the right post. Gorges got a major and a game miscoduct, while an enraged Simmonds received a 10-minute misconduct. Tyler Ennis (three goals, two assists) sat out Thursday’s contest with a lower-body injury and is considered day-to-day. D Mike Weber was a healthy scratch for Buffalo, while D Brandon Manning was a healthy scratch for Philadelphia…. This was the teams’ second meeting in four days.
