Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Total 
Sabres0 1 0 1 
Flyers0 1 2 3
One team came in riding an eight-game winning streak while the other was on a five-game losing streak. Both of those streaks continued as the Sabres dropped a 3-1 decision to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.
This was a game where the Sabres were in it. They hung in there with a red-hot team and gave them all they could handle. But the third period turned out to be the difference as the Flyers scored a pair of goals.
Per. Time EV Goal Assist Assist 2 10:04 Claude Giroux (20)Jakub Voracek (43) Travis Sanheim (16) 2 16:54 Dominik Kahun (12)Victor Olofsson (22) Marcus Johansson (20) 3 9:28 Claude Giroux (21)Jakub Voracek (44) Travis Sanheim (17) 3 14:49 Joel Farabee (8)--- ---
Krueger: "We played a good 4-line game, was solid defensively, and we created an amazing amount of opportunity…but not enough to get the goals we needed" #Sabres50
— Brian Koziol (@BrianWGR) March 8, 2020
The team is in another late-season free fall and it appears they’re just going to go through the motions for the rest of the season.
Sure, they’ve played a better overall game a few times recently, but they’re not earning wins.
Skinner: "Anytime it's going like that, it's not fun, you want to win games, we are getting opportunities, we need to bury it" #Sabres50
— Brian Koziol (@BrianWGR) March 8, 2020
The Sabres didn’t play poorly, but they couldn’t take advantage of several Flyers penalties.
Buffalo hasn’t been able to score more than two goals in any of their past seven games, and that’s never going to be a recipe for success. They’re 1-6 over that span.
Carter Hutton played well until this happened:
Sabres hockey in one gif. pic.twitter.com/2B4XHbJcWS
— Prescott Rossi (@PrescottRossi) March 8, 2020
Dominik Kahun scored Buffalo’s only goal on a very nice passing play:
90 –> 68–> 95 Kahun ties it up at 1-1 #Sabres50 #NowOrNever pic.twitter.com/QpM9GuDPIn
— Buffalo Hockey moments (@SabresPlays) March 8, 2020
The Sabres still have not earned a point since the Trade Deadline as they have now dropped six consecutive games.
Jack Eichel was held pointless again. He has had a great chance to add-on to his career highs, but he’s been very quiet lately.
The schedule doesn’t get any easier. Buffalo will host the Washington Capitals on Monday night at 7 pm.