Flyers kick off homestand in dominant type, push level streak to five video games

Flyers kick off homestand in dominant style, push point streak to 5 games initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers opened a five-game homestand in promising trend Saturday evening, rolling the Sabres for a 5-2 win on the Wells Fargo Middle.

5 gamers had multi-point performances and Ivan Fedotov was sturdy in internet once more.

John Tortorella’s membership is on a season-best five-game level streak (4-0-1) and has earned at the least a degree in eight of its final 11 video games. The Flyers (8-8-2) have constructed some actual momentum after a 1-5-1 begin. They’ve received three straight video games for the primary time this season.

Tyson Foerster, Travis Sanheim, Egor Zamula and Travis Konecny all scored targets Saturday evening. Foerster’s marker snapped a seven-game drought for the 22-year-old winger. It got here on the facility play and opened the scoring.

Sanheim made it 2-0 at first intermission earlier than Zamula and Konecny made it 4-0 at second intermission.

Konecny iced the sport with an empty-netter.

Matvei Michkov and Anthony Richard every had two assists. Michkov has 15 factors (six targets, 9 assists) in 16 video games and Richard has six (two targets, 4 assists) in 5.

The Sabres (8-9-1) had been with out their main scorer Tage Thompson, who’s recovering from a lower-body damage. The Flyers do not see Buffalo once more till March 29 for the second of three conferences.

• Fedotov stopped 24 of 26 pictures for the victory. The one targets he allowed had been on a Sabres energy play and when Buffalo emptied its internet.

The 6-foot-7 Russian netminder has made 79 saves on 86 pictures over his final three begins, all wins.

He has been superb after giving up 14 targets in his first three begins and shedding his backup job.

“Goaltenders are the heartbeat,” Tortorella mentioned at morning skate. “After they’re enjoying awful, your staff’s miniature. After they’re letting in dangerous targets, your staff is on its heels. After they current themselves as assured the way in which he has the previous couple of video games, it actually impacts what is going on on in entrance of him, how they really feel about how they’ll play.”

Sabres netminder Devon Levi denied 27 of the Flyers’ 31 pictures.

• Zamula performed arguably his greatest recreation of the season and it was well timed.

The Flyers have some selections looming on the again finish. The 24-year-old defenseman has misplaced enjoying time due to some struggles, however he was efficient all evening in opposition to Buffalo.

Zamula had his first multi-point effort of the season and was on the ice for 3 of the Flyers’ targets. In his final three video games, he has 4 factors (one objective, three assists) and a plus-5 score.

• Erik Johnson performed in his 1,000th profession NHL recreation. The Flyers will honor the veteran defenseman with a pregame ceremony Monday. They host the Avalanche, the staff Johnson performed elements of 13 seasons for and received the Stanley Cup with in 2022.

“It ought to be fairly particular simply to form of thank these guys and thank my teammates right here, the followers in Philly, the followers in Colorado, simply all people who supported me,” Johnson said Saturday morning. “It means quite a bit for me to only say thanks.”

• After lacking his first recreation of the season due to a lower-body damage, Sean Couturier was again within the lineup.

Cam York and Jamie Drysdale, each recovering from upper-body accidents, participated in morning skate.

York has practiced in full and seems to be nearing a return. The 23-year-old has been out for around three weeks.

Drysdale, who has missed the last three games, skated in a non-contact jersey.

Samuel Ersson, day to day with a lower-body injury, was not on the ice at morning skate. Aleksei Kolosov served as Fedotov’s backup for the second straight recreation.

• The Flyers are scheduled to follow Sunday at midday ET earlier than welcoming Colorado on Monday (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP+).

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