Gudas powers Flyers past Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Radko Gudas had a goal and two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
Jordan Weal and Travis Konecny each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers (31-26-8). Matt Read, Chris VandeVelde and Claude Giroux also scored for Philadelphia. Steve Mason made 31 saves.
Jack Eichel had two goals and Evander Kane scored for the Sabres (27-28-12). Robin Lehner made 24 saves.
Read opened the scoring 4:34 into the game by deflecting Gudas' shot from the point. It was Read's eighth goal of the season.
Kane evened the score on the power play with 4:35 left in the first period. Kane received the puck in the right circle and fired a hard wrist shot for his 24th goal of the season.
Gudas made it 2-1 on a terrific shot from the right circle 4:58 into the second. Gudas placed a hard shot into the top of the net for his fourth goal of the season.
Eichel evened the score with a power-play goal 7:14 into the second. Eichel hesitated in the slot before picking his side for his 17th goal of the season and the 100th point of his two-year career. Eichel also extended his point streak to 11 games, the longest current run in the NHL.
Weal made it 3-2 with 6:12 left in the second on a fortunate deflection. Jakub Voracek's pass deflected off Weal's skate and into the net for Weal's second goal of the season.
Giroux made it 4-2 off a rebound in front of the Sabres net. Michael Del Zotto's shot ricocheted off Lehner and a scrum of players in front of the net before finding Giroux all by himself. Giroux had an open net for his 13th goal of the season.
VandeVelde scored 2:45 into the third on a deflection and Konecny made it 6-2 only 1:36 later, putting a shot over Lehner's shoulder.
Eichel got one back with 5:10 remaining on a shot from the left circle.
NOTES: RW Kyle Okposo (ribs) and D Dmitry Kulikov (upper body) were scratched for the Sabres. ... LW Roman Lyubimov, RW Dale Weise and D Nick Schultz were scratched for the Flyers. ... This was the third and final meeting this season. They split the previous two games, with Buffalo picking up a 4-1 victory Jan. 10 and Philadelphia prevailing 4-3 in a shootout Oct. 25. ... G Steve Mason got the start ahead of Michal Neuvirth, who played 29 games for the Sabres from 2014-15. Neuvirth was 6-19-3 with a .921 save percentage for Buffalo.