PHILADELPHIA (AP)-- Alex Tuch had his 2nd profession hat trick, Jeff Skinner had an objective and a help, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Saturday night.
Jordan Greenway and Kyle Okposo also scored, and Casey Mittelstadt added three helps for Buffalo in its fourth win in five games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 39 saves.
" Good team win all around," Tuch said.
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Morgan Frost scored two times for
Philadelphia, and Travis Konecny also had a goal in his go back to the lineup after a 16-game lack due to an upper-body injury. Felix Sandstrom had 23 conserves.
The loss formally got rid of the Flyers from the playoffs. They went into with the seventh-fewest points in the NHL.
The Sabres turned the contest with four objectives in under 4 minutes over the 2nd and very first durations.
" It was enjoyable to watch,"
Buffalo coach Don Granato said.
Okposo completed a 2-on-1 with a shot over Sandstrom's glove side to connect the score at 1-all with 9.3 seconds left in the very first period.
The Sabres then emerged for 3 objectives in 2:21 early in the second.
Tuch got his first of the contest 1:25 into the duration with a wrist shot from the slot over Sandstrom's ideal shoulder after a drop pass from Mittelstadt to give
Buffalo the lead. Greenway made it 3-1 when he scored on a rebound 75 seconds later on. and Skinner topped the frenzied scoring sequence by following his own miss to put the Sabres up 4-1 at 3:46.
" We got a little loose," stated Flyers assistant coach Brad Shaw, who directed the group. "That short window, in retrospection, we pretty much provided the game away."
Tuch notched his second of the contest with 3:58 to play in the middle duration with a wrister over Sandstrom's blocker to make it 5-1.
Frost got his second of the night 22 seconds later as he beat two protectors before shooting previous Luukkonen.
Konecny got his 28th to pull the Flyers within two at 5:11 of the 3rd, however Tuch finished his hat technique with 3:27 remaining when he deked previous Sandstrom from close range and got his 35th of the season.
" I probably should've buried one prior to that," Tuch said. "That felt actually great."
Frost got
Philadelphia on the board with 3:25 left in the.
… The Flyers honored longtime television and radio announcer Steve Coates in a pregame ceremony. …
Philadelphia coach John Tortorella was not behind the bench for the 2nd straight game. … Konecny leads the Flyers in objectives (28) and points (55 ).
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