We'll have just two games on for a calm Wednesday. First up...
The Toronto Maple Leafs welcome the Philadelphia Flyers. Felix Sandstrom is mismatched with Ilya Samsonov in goal. Philadelphia opened in the first period with a Joel Farabee goal, his third of the season, guided in by Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim. Toronto tied it on an Auston Matthews power play goal, his fourth of the year, powered by John Tavares and Mitchell Marner. The Maple Leafs took the lead with a Tavares goal, his fifth of the season, made possible by William Nylander and Morgan Rielly. Toronto added on in the third period with a Zach Aston-Reese goal, fueled by Denis Malgin and David Kampf. The Flyers got one back with an Owen Tippett power play goal, his second of the year, with assists provided by Konecny and Scott Laughton. The Maple Leafs fired back on Tavares' second goal of the game and his sixth of the season, helped along by Marner and Victor Mete. Toronto extended the lead as Tavares completed his hat trick on the power play with his seventh of the year, thanks to Matthews and Rielly. The final stood at 5-2, with the three stars being Tavares, Matthews, and Marner, while Rielly and Konecny get the honorable mentions.
Over in Buffalo, the Sabres bring in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Casey DeSmith and Eric Comrie draw the starts in goal. Pittsburgh started in the first period with a Jason Zucker goal, his second of the season, coming off of Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins added on in the second period with a Josh Archibald goal, his third of the year, via Ryan Poehling and Brock McGinn. Buffalo got on the board with a J.J. Peterka goal, his third of the season, assisted by Owen Power and Rasmus Asplund. Pittsburgh shot back in the third period with a Jake Guentzel power play goal, his fifth of the year, powered by Kris Letang and Malkin. The Sabres answered with a Tage Thompson goal, his seventh of the season, courtesy of Rasmus Dahlin and Jeff Skinner on the power play. Buffalo tied it on a Victor Olofsson goal, his seventh of the year, helped along by Power. The Sabres pulled ahead with an Alex Tuch goal, his seventh of the season, guided in by Thompson and Skinner. Buffalo extended the lead with an empty net goal by Kyle Okposo, set up by Zemgus Girgensons and Dahlin. The Sabres iced it at 6-3 with an Olofsson empty net goal, his second of the game and eighth of the year, with an assist provided by Jacob Bryson. The three stars were given to Olofsson, Thompson, and Power, while Skinner, Dahlin, and Malkin get the honorable mentions.
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