Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (33-28-6) at Philadelphia Flyers (24-32-11) – 17 Mar 2023 – 07:00PM EDT

#Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (33-28-6) at Philadelphia [](/r/flyers) Flyers (24-32-11)

#Wells Fargo Center

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|#In-Game Updates

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###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/flyers)|Joel Farabee|Kevin Hayes|Owen Tippett|[](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[](/r/flyers)|Scott Laughton|Noah Cates|Tyson Foerster|[](/r/sabres)|John Jason Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|
|[](/r/flyers)|James van Riemsdyk|Morgan Frost|Brendan Lemieux|[](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tyson Jost|Casey Mittelstadt|
|[](/r/flyers)|Nicolas Deslauriers|Tanner Laczynski|Wade Allison|[](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/flyers)|Ivan Provorov|Cam York|[](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Jacob Bryson|
|[](/r/flyers)|Travis Sanheim|Rasmus Ristolainen|[](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|
|[](/r/flyers)|Nick Seeler|Tony DeAngelo|[](/r/sabres)|Riley Stillman|Ilya Lyubushkin|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/flyers)|Carter Hart|[](/r/sabres)|Craig Anderson|
|[](/r/flyers)|Felix Sandstrom|[](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Carter Hart|14 Mar 2023|Illness|DTD|Hart is dealing with an illness and won’t be available for Tuesday’s game versus Vegas, Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.|unknown|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Wade Allison|09 Mar 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Allison (undisclosed) won’t play Tuesday against the Vegas Golden Knights, Giana Han of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.|unknown|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Travis Konecny|20 Feb 2023|Upper Body|IR|Konecny (upper body) is facing at least a 2-3 week absence, though general manager Chuck Fletcher left open the possibility that Konecnys season was over, per Sam Carchidi of Philly Hockey Now Tuesday.|23 Mar 2023|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Ivan Fedotov||Not Injury Related|OUT||19 Jul 2023|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Sean Couturier|23 Feb 2023|Back|IR|Couturier (back) skated on his own Thursday, Sam Carchidi of Philly Hockey Now reports.|23 Mar 2023|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Cam Atkinson||Neck|IR||15 Sep 2023|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Ryan Ellis||Back|IR-LT||19 Jul 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|12 Mar 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Comrie (lower body) is week-to-week, per Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic.|19 Mar 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|12 Mar 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Samuelsson is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.|19 Mar 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ben Bishop||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Aug 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Flyers](/r/flyers)|67|24|32|11|59|44.0|2.55223|3.2985|14.8|74.4|29.40298|31.26865|45.4|
|[Sabres](/r/sabres)|67|33|28|6|72|53.7|3.65671|3.61194|24.5|72.2|32.22388|33.41791|45.1|

##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|NBCSP, MSG-B|
|Listen|[BUF](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099917) – [PHI](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099914)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021091) – [Boxscore](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021091) – [Recap](http://Sabres.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021091)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021091) – [Boxscore](http://Flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021091) – [Recap](http://Flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021091)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021091)|

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