Flyers vs. Sabres (Oct 21, 2026)

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Sabres BUF

4-3-2

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Flyers

Sabres

Notes

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Forward Matchup

M. Michkov

PHI RW #39

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

T. Sanheim

PHI D #6

O. Power

BUF D #25

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

J. Woll

PHI G #53

U. Luukkonen

BUF G #1

Wins

.917

Save Pct

.860

2.64

Goals Against Avg

3.59

PHI

Team Stats

BUF

1.55

Goals per Game

3.18

Goals Against per Game

3.67

21.45

Shots per Game

26.78

32.27

Shots Against per Game

25.67

12.9

Power Play Pct

9.1

84.6

Penalty Kill Pct

64.5

.901

Save Pct

.857

PHI

Injuries

BUF

Tyson Foerster

Day to day (Hand)

Rasmus Dahlin

Out (Upper-Body)

Owen Tippett

Day to day (Upper-body)

Conor Timmins

Out (Lower-body)

Sean Couturier

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Jack Rathbone

Out (Undisclosed)

Nikita Grebenkin

Out (Upper-body)

Jason Zucker

Out (Abdomen)

Cam York

Out (Upper Body)

Alex Lyon

Out (Upper-body)

Rasmus Ristolainen

Out (Upper-body)

Matt Grzelcyk

Out (Lower-Body)

Travis Konecny

Out (Lower Body)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

PHIBUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	7	2	1	15	12
Rangers	7	3	1	15	9
Capitals	5	3	0	10	4
Islanders	4	3	1	9	6
Devils	4	4	0	8	-2
Penguins	3	6	1	7	-5
Flyers	2	6	3	7	-19
Blue Jackets	3	4	0	6	-5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	7	2	0	14	15
Lightning	6	2	0	12	4
Senators	6	3	0	12	1
Panthers	5	2	2	12	5
Sabres	4	3	2	10	-7
Maple Leafs	4	4	2	10	-1
Canadiens	4	3	1	9	-3
Red Wings	3	3	2	8	-4

PHI

Last 5

BUF

Mon, Oct 19

Sat, Oct 17

Sat, Oct 17

Thu, Oct 15

Thu, Oct 15

Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Mon, Oct 12

Sun, Oct 11

Sat, Oct 10

Game Info

October 21, 2026

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KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

M. Michkov

T. Zegras

GWG

M. Michkov

SV%

.917

J. Woll

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Matvei Michkov M. Michkov	11	6	1	7	-7	6	3	0	1	14	42.9	8	15	53.3	2	7	4	11	14:51
Trevor Zegras T. Zegras	11	2	5	7	-3	10	0	2	0	20	10.0	28	73	38.4	4	6	3	10	18:27
Christian Dvorak C. Dvorak	11	2	2	4	-1	2	0	0	0	10	20.0	80	160	50.0	15	8	3	5	17:26
Sean Couturier S. Couturier	11	0	3	3	-2	4	0	0	0	13	0.0	86	150	57.3	20	3	3	8	17:01
Travis Konecny T. Konecny	5	0	3	3	-4	4	0	1	0	8	0.0	3	4	75.0	11	4	0	6	16:49
Denver Barkey D. Barkey	8	0	3	3	-1	0	0	2	0	4	0.0	8	17	47.1	7	1	2	3	14:41
Travis Sanheim T. Sanheim	11	1	2	3	-8	10	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	10	28	3	17	25:40
Porter Martone P. Martone	11	2	1	3	-3	14	1	1	0	12	16.7	2	4	50.0	15	1	3	17	13:19
Nick Seeler N. Seeler	11	0	2	2	+2	6	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	18	29	2	8	19:57
Oliver Bonk O. Bonk	5	0	2	2	-5	4	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	2	8	1	6	20:00
Owen Tippett O. Tippett	9	1	1	2	-2	4	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	23	5	2	6	16:26
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	11	1	0	1	-6	4	0	0	1	10	10.0	59	102	57.8	30	11	3	7	14:19
Michael Bunting M. Bunting	7	0	1	1	-5	4	0	1	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	5	0	1	3	11:25
Noah Cates N. Cates	11	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	10	0.0	49	102	48.0	9	5	4	4	12:54
David Jiricek D. Jiricek	9	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	11	13	4	7	14:48
Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	4	7	1	2	13:43
Tyson Foerster T. Foerster	10	1	0	1	-8	10	0	0	0	22	4.5	0	0	0	18	6	1	3	17:36
Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	9:49
Simon Benoit S. Benoit	9	0	0	0	-5	9	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	17	6	0	12	14:26
Jacob Gaucher J. Gaucher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	70.0	2	0	1	0	12:45
Jamie Drysdale J. Drysdale	11	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	6	21	3	7	22:08
Cam York C. York	5	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	5	10	1	9	21:49
Alex Bump A. Bump	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	8	0	3	4	11:50
Hunter McDonald H. McDonald	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	10:00
Cole Knuble C. Knuble	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:44

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Joseph Woll J. Woll	6	6	1	3	2	192	176	.917	16	2.64	0	364
	Dan Vladar D. Vladar	5	5	1	3	1	162	144	.889	18	3.58	0	302

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sean Couturier S. Couturier	36	7	21	28	+15	8	1	6	0	3	74	9.5	301	584	51.5	16	18	19	16	18:47
Travis Konecny T. Konecny	31	11	17	28	+2	24	2	5	0	1	79	13.9	8	16	50.0	35	13	9	15	17:06
Travis Sanheim T. Sanheim	30	3	17	20	+7	20	0	2	0	0	56	5.4	0	0	0	15	33	10	17	21:10
Noah Cates N. Cates	14	6	8	14	+14	4	0	1	0	0	26	23.1	81	162	50.0	21	7	10	5	15:38
Owen Tippett O. Tippett	15	7	4	11	-5	0	1	2	0	1	52	13.5	6	12	50.0	23	7	6	9	15:43
Christian Dvorak C. Dvorak	18	2	7	9	+1	6	0	0	0	0	35	5.7	147	276	53.3	9	12	5	9	17:06
Trevor Zegras T. Zegras	8	4	5	9	-5	4	2	0	0	0	24	16.7	33	69	47.8	2	2	3	14	18:41
Matvei Michkov M. Michkov	6	4	5	9	+2	6	1	1	0	0	17	23.5	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	17:04
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	22	3	3	6	-4	4	0	0	1	1	33	9.1	72	155	46.5	64	18	17	5	13:43
Tyson Foerster T. Foerster	7	3	3	6	+1	2	1	1	0	0	18	16.7	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	16:52
Michael Bunting M. Bunting	15	2	3	5	-6	18	0	1	0	1	24	8.3	2	2	100.0	12	0	6	13	14:21
Cam York C. York	12	1	2	3	-9	6	0	1	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	7	16	6	7	19:59
Simon Benoit S. Benoit	13	2	0	2	-1	8	0	0	0	0	9	22.2	0	0	0	38	23	4	14	17:47
Jamie Drysdale J. Drysdale	8	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	2	13	3	6	21:34
Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	6	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	11	13	0	3	19:09
Nick Seeler N. Seeler	13	0	1	1	+7	6	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	23	30	3	7	17:40
Nikita Grebenkin N. Grebenkin	2	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	5	1	1	3	12:56
Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	1	100.0	7	2	0	0	9:12
David Jiricek D. Jiricek	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	12:38

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Dan Vladar D. Vladar	5	4	2	1	1	98	87	.888	11	2.71	0	243
	Joseph Woll J. Woll	4	4	1	2	1	130	113	.869	17	4.21	0	243

Team Leaders

T. Thompson

O. Power

GWG

O. Power

SV%

.864

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs PHI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	9	5	4	9	+4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	42	11.9	47	110	42.7	9	6	3	11	19:59
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	9	5	4	9	+4	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	24	20.8	2	2	100.0	8	2	0	11	19:34
Owen Power O. Power	9	2	6	8	+4	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	18.2	0	0	0	1	6	3	11	26:45
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	9	2	5	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	15.4	0	0	0	11	7	4	10	23:20
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	9	2	4	6	+5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	10.0	31	88	35.2	1	2	0	10	18:53
Zach Benson Z. Benson	9	0	6	6	+4	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	0.0	4	12	33.3	13	5	2	9	19:52
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	9	0	4	4	-2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	11	22	50.0	14	2	1	6	14:06
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	6	2	2	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	0	0	8	14	2	10	23:38
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	7	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	12.5	19	44	43.2	7	2	0	3	13:05
Josh Norris J. Norris	9	2	1	3	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	43	78	55.1	10	7	0	4	14:47
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	8	2	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	2	4	4	5	19:43
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	9	0	2	2	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	39	7	1	4	9:56
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	9	0	2	2	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	12	1	5	12:56
Dennis Gilbert D. Gilbert	3	1	1	2	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	10:16
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	9	1	1	2	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	58	113	51.3	4	2	2	11	15:27
Josh Doan J. Doan	9	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	1	2	50.0	14	7	3	11	16:15
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	8	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	2	0.0	8	1	1	10	13:45
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	9	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	12	13	1	15	14:57
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	4	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	17	47.1	9	0	1	1	7:23
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	2	0	0	0	9:09
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	20	40	50.0	3	2	1	2	9:09

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	7	6	3	2	2	171	147	.860	24	3.59	0	401
	Colten Ellis C. Ellis	3	3	1	1	0	59	51	.864	8	3.19	0	150

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	27	5	12	17	-1	41	3	7	0	0	0	47	10.6	0	0	0	50	20	8	30	21:34
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	20	9	7	16	-14	8	3	3	0	0	2	44	20.5	57	136	41.9	19	7	8	12	16:54
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	27	9	4	13	-3	6	3	1	0	0	3	52	17.3	6	18	33.3	27	10	8	10	15:41
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	10	7	4	11	+3	0	1	0	0	1	2	18	38.9	1	1	100.0	7	6	2	9	14:19
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	11	4	6	10	+5	2	0	1	1	1	1	17	23.5	65	153	42.5	6	8	3	4	16:44
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	25	2	7	9	+10	2	1	1	0	0	1	31	6.5	0	0	0	16	25	9	19	18:42
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	15	3	6	9	+1	18	0	3	1	0	1	24	12.5	67	138	48.6	26	4	2	11	13:55
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	4	3	7	+2	4	2	2	0	0	2	19	21.1	63	112	56.3	13	1	4	3	17:36
Owen Power O. Power	13	1	5	6	-6	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	5.9	0	0	0	4	14	0	11	22:33
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	12	1	4	5	+4	6	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	26	16	5	10	20:52
Zach Benson Z. Benson	7	0	5	5	-2	8	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	2	0.0	3	1	0	5	15:44
Dennis Gilbert D. Gilbert	6	1	2	3	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	14	12	0	4	14:17
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	0	3	3	+1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	2	0.0	3	2	2	0	15:46
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	13	1	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	48	104	46.2	23	9	2	6	10:56
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	5	1	1	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0	0	4	9	0	6	15:49
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	8	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	7	14.3	19	44	43.2	10	6	1	1	14:30
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	4	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	4	10	40.0	0	2	2	3	11:16
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	4	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	13	5	1	3	17:09
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	8	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	5	7	71.4	31	7	4	1	11:54
Jack Rathbone J. Rathbone	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:39
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	13	30.8	6	0	0	2	8:09
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	3	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	16:04
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	3	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	14	26	53.8	3	4	2	2	14:50
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:31

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	6	6	4	2	0	189	168	.889	21	3.50	0	360
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	6	6	3	2	1	141	126	.894	15	2.75	1	327
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	0	1	0	35	30	.857	5	5.00	0	60

Flyers visit the Sabres after Michkov's 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Oct 20, 2026

Philadelphia Flyers (2-6-3, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (4-3-2, in the Atlantic Division)

Buffalo, New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Buffalo Sabres after Matvei Michkov's two-goal game against the Colorado Avalanche in the Flyers' 3-2 win.

Buffalo has gone 3-2-0 in home games and 4-3-2 overall. The Sabres have a -6 scoring differential, with 27 total goals scored and 33 given up.

Philadelphia has a 0-4-1 record in road games and a 2-6-3 record overall. The Flyers are 0-4-2 when they serve more penalty minutes than their opponent.

Wednesday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.

INJURIES: Sabres: Matt Grzelcyk: out (lower-body), Rasmus Dahlin: day to day (upper-body), Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Justin Danforth: day to day (upper-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

Flyers: Travis Konecny: out (lower body), Tyson Foerster: day to day (hand), Owen Tippett: out (upper-body), Nikita Grebenkin: out (upper-body), Cam York: out (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen: out (upper-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Flyers PHI

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

Flyers visit the Sabres after Michkov's 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Matt Grzelcyk

Travis Konecny

Alex Lyon

Rasmus Ristolainen

Jason Zucker

Jack Rathbone

Conor Timmins

Owen Tippett

Rasmus Dahlin

Tyson Foerster

Cam York

Justin Danforth