Ryan Poehling had two goals and one assist and Matvei Michkov also had two goals to help the Philadelphia Flyers to a 7-4 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
Noah Cates had a goal and two assists, Tyson Foerster had a goal and an assist, Jakob Pelletier scored a goal while Owen Tippett, Bobby Brink and Travis Konecny had two assists for the Flyers (30-36-9, 69 points), who have won their first two games under interim coach Brad Shaw. Samuel Ersson made 17 saves for Philadelphia.
Jack Quinn had two goals and an assist, JJ Peterka had a goal and an assist, Alex Tuch had a goal and Ryan McLeod had three assists for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves for the Sabres (30-36-6, 66 points).
Michkov gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead at 5:27 of the first period, carrying the puck to the right circle before beating Luukkonen glove side.
Pelletier made it a 2-0 lead just 29 seconds later. Tippett went around Buffalo defenseman Jacob Bryson and centered a feed for Pelletier, who fired a quick wrist shot at 5:56.
Quinn cut the deficit in half at 10:57. Peterka won a battle along the wall and sent a backhand to Quinn in the slot, who snapped it five-hole on Ersson.
Peterka tied it 2-2 at 1:41 of the second period when Quinn found him uncovered on the back door.
Quinn put Buffalo in front 3-2 on the power play at 8:13, snapping a shot through the legs of Flyers defenseman Cam York that beat Ersson blocker side.
Michkov tied it 3-3 at 10:36, taking a short pass from Konecny for a breakaway and roofing a backhand over Luukkonen’s glove.
Cates then made it 4-3 Philadelphia at 14:11, wiring a wrist shot off a feed from Foerster past Luukkonen on the blocker side.
Tippett’s one-timer from above the left circle on the power play pushed it to 5-3 at 6:39 of the third period.
Foerster extended it to 6-3 at 10:13 with a slap shot from above the slot that went stick side.
Tuch’s short-handed snap shot from the slot went over Ersson’s blocker to narrow it to 6-4 at 15:05.
But Poehling increased the lead to 7-4 from the doorstep glove side on the power play at 15:34.
