Reinhart, Sabres overpower reeling Flyers
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
William Carrier, Evander Kane and Marcus Foligno also scored for the Sabres (16-15-9), who have won two in a row and three of their past four. Anders Nilsson was solid between the pipes and made 39 saves.
Brayden Schenn scored the lone goal for the Flyers (21-16-6). Steve Mason made 23 saves.
Reinhart picked up his third point of the night on Foligno's goal, giving him 12 in his last 10 games (three goals, nine assists).
After a scoreless first period, the Sabres turned up the offense in the second -- and the Flyers had no answer.
Reinhart opened the scoring 5:15 into the second with a power-play goal. A shot from defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen deflected its way to Reinhart, who was stationed beside the Flyers net for an easy finish.
Carrier made it 2-0 just over three minutes later. Defenseman Taylor Fedun's initial shot from the back end was stopped, but the rebound fell right to Carrier, who deposited his second goal of the season at 8:39.
Kane made it 3-0 with 8.9 seconds remaining in the second following some poor work in the defensive zone by the Flyers. With Philadelphia struggling to get the puck out of the zone, Reinhart's deflected shot made its way to Kane, and the power forward had a quick shot to the glove side for his 10th goal of the season.
Nilsson saw his bid for a shutout end with 2:07 remaining. After captain Claude Giroux's initial shot was blocked, Schenn ripped a hard wrist shot to the top of the net to put the Flyers on the board with a power-play goal.
Foligno added an empty-net goal with 3.3 seconds remaining.
NOTES: G Robin Lehner (illness), D Josh Gorges (hip) and C Derek Grant were scratched for the Sabres. Lehner missed the game due to the flu. Gorges has been dealing with a hip ailment and was a late scratch in Saturday's game against the Winnipeg Jets. Grant was placed on waivers earlier on Tuesday. ... With Lehner out, G Linus Ullmark was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League earlier on Tuesday. ... C Nick Cousins, C Boyd Gordon and D Nick Schultz were scratched for the Flyers. ... This was the second of three meetings between the two teams this season. The third and final encounter takes place on Tuesday, March 7 in Buffalo.