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Flyers hope to contain high-flying Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres will play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night in the opening game of their first-round playoff series.
Buffalo had their best season in franchise history, posting a record of 52-24-6, while the Flyers finished with a record of 45-26-11.
The Sabres opened as -165 home favorites in this game, with an opening total of 6 goals.
Philly had a lot of success against the Sabres during the regular season, taking three out of four games from Buffalo.
The goaltending situation bears watching for both teams as Robert Esche will start for the Flyers and rookie Ryan Miller will be in goal for the Sabres. Second-stringers Antero Niittymaki of Philly and Martin Biron of Buffalo are both waiting in the wings if either starter should falter at all.
The Buffalo Sabres will play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night in the opening game of their first-round playoff series.
Buffalo had their best season in franchise history, posting a record of 52-24-6, while the Flyers finished with a record of 45-26-11.
The Sabres opened as -165 home favorites in this game, with an opening total of 6 goals.
Philly had a lot of success against the Sabres during the regular season, taking three out of four games from Buffalo.
The goaltending situation bears watching for both teams as Robert Esche will start for the Flyers and rookie Ryan Miller will be in goal for the Sabres. Second-stringers Antero Niittymaki of Philly and Martin Biron of Buffalo are both waiting in the wings if either starter should falter at all.
