Philadelphia Flyers 3, Buffalo Sabres 1: final score and stats
Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers 3 to Buffalo Sabres 1, on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers.
NHLWednesday, October 21, 2026
DateOct 21, 2026
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVTNT/truTV
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Philadelphia FlyersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
3-6-3Record4-4-2
6th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
2-8Road record / home record4-5
WLLLWLast 5LWLWW
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Philadelphia FlyersBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Philadelphia Flyers
Nikita Grebenkin RW · Back
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Philadelphia Flyers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 12:34 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Barkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:19 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 8:23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bump | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:45 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 13:21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Cates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 2:21 | 11:32 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Couturier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 | 0:05 | 1:55 | 15:34 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 | 2:54 | 3:13 | 12:32 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Foerster | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 | 3:15 | 1:17 | 12:15 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Gaucher | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:55 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Knuble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:24 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 10:15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Porter Martone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:50 | 4:48 | 0:00 | 11:02 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matvei Michkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 12:56 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Zegras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 5:05 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Philadelphia Flyers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Benoit | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 12:23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Bonk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:34 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 17:05 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Drysdale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:37 | 4:41 | 3:36 | 16:20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter McDonald | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 12:03 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Travis Sanheim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:20 | 2:53 | 2:04 | 21:23 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Seeler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 | 0:05 | 2:07 | 15:47 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Philadelphia Flyers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Vladar | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .964 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 | 4:41 | 3:20 | 13:20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 13:32 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 13:30 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:07 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:42 | 0:24 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 81.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 3:24 | 6:43 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 9:45 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 11:41 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:40 | 5:08 | 0:50 | 15:42 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:45 | 5:08 | 0:46 | 14:51 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:06 | 4:44 | 0:01 | 15:21 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 | 0:27 | 0:09 | 11:40 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:30 | 0:00 | 3:24 | 7:06 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 26:27 | 5:08 | 0:01 | 21:18 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:43 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 7:36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26:12 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 23:52 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 22:51 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 19:16 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Olen Zellweger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 15:30 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 57:26 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
PHI leads series 1-0
Feb 24, 2027BUF 0, PHI 0
Nov 17, 2026BUF 0, PHI 0
Oct 21, 2026PHI 3, BUF 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Philadelphia Flyers won, 3-1, on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
What was the final score of Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Philadelphia Flyers 3, Buffalo Sabres 1.
Who were the top performers?
Philadelphia Flyers: Cole Knuble (2 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (1 goals).
Where is Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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