Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (4-5-0) at Philadelphia Flyers (4-4-1) – 01 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (4-5-0) at Philadelphia [](/r/flyers) Flyers (4-4-1)

#Wells Fargo Center

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, TNT, MAX|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020141) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020141/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020141/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020141/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Owen Tippett|Sean Couturier|Cam Atkinson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tage Thompson|Brandon Biro|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Travis Konecny|Morgan Frost|Tyson Foerster|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Joel Farabee|Noah Cates|Bobby Brink|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Dylan Cozens|Alex Tuch|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Nicolas Deslauriers|Scott Laughton|Garnet Hathaway|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Travis Sanheim|Cam York|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Egor Zamula|Sean Walker|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Nick Seeler|Louis Belpedio|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Erik Johnson|Jacob Bryson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Carter Hart|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Samuel Ersson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/philadelphia-flyers/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Marc Staal|19 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Staal (upper body) is expected to miss 4-6 weeks after leaving Thursday’s tilt against the Edmonton Oilers early in the second period, according to Anthony DiMarco of The Fourth Period.|18 Nov 2023|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Rasmus Ristolainen|09 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR|Coach John Tortorella told Kevin Kurz of The Athletic on Tuesday that Ristolainen (undisclosed) suffered a setback in his recovery.|unknown|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Ryan Ellis||Back|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|31 Oct 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Benson is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.|10 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|28 Oct 2023|Suspension|OUT|Clifton has been suspended for two games following a check to the head of Nico Hischier in Friday’s loss to the New Jersey Devils.|03 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|27 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|Comrie (lower body) is considered week-to-week, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|07 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|21 Oct 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Levi (lower body) might be available to suit up as the backup goalie Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Matthew Savoie|19 Sep 2023|Shoulder|IR-NR|Savoie (shoulder) was sent to AHL Rochester on Sunday for a conditioning assignment.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|14 Nov 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/philadelphia-flyers/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[PHI](/r/flyers)|9|4|4|1|9|0.500|3.33|3.11|12.50|76.00|32.56|28.00|46.99|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|9|4|5|0|8|0.444|3.00|3.00|10.71|89.19|30.00|30.33|45.69|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Carter Hart|7|7|4|3|0|1|2.30|0.921|
|[PHI](/r/flyers)|Samuel Ersson|2|2|0|1|1|0|5.91|0.760|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|4|4|1|3|0|0|3.26|0.892|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|3|2|2|1|0|1|2.84|0.915|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=4 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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