Game 41 Preview: Flyers @ Sabres

Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (13-19-8) are in New York State on Saturday afternoon to take on Don Granato's Buffalo Sabres (12-21-7). Game time at KeyBank Center is 1:00 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic).

This is the first of three meetings between the teams this season, and the first of two in Buffalo. The teams will play a home-and-home set on April 16 (KeyBank Center) and April 17 (Wells Fargo Center).

Saturday's match marks the statistical midpoint of the 2021-22 season for both teams. Philadelphia enters this game having gone 0-7-3 in their last 10 games; the team's second 10-game winless streak of the season. The Sabres have only fared slightly better, going 2-6-2 in that span.

On Friday, the Flyers placed Joel Farabee (upper-body injury, believed to be left shoulder) on injured reserve. He is expected to be out up to four weeks. The club recalled power forward prospect Wade Allison. Allison, who has missed most this season due to a high ankle sprain in September and then an elbow injury in mid-December, had a three-game goal streak for the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms just prior to his recall.

Saturday's game will be the first against Buffalo for Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. On July 23, 2021, the Flyers acquired Ristolainen from the Sabres in exchange for Robert Hägg, a 2021 first-round pick (Isak Rosén) and a second-round pick in 2023.


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