Embarrassment for Brandon Montour and the Buffalo Sabres turned into relief on Wednesday night. The Sabres ended their 18-game skid — the NHL’s longest in 17 years — with a resounding 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. The Sabres also snapped a 0-9-2 home skid, one short of matching a franchise record set during the 1990-91 season. FORGETTABLE FIRSTReinhart opened the scoring at 9:32 when his shot from the right circle banked in off Flyers defenseman Justin Braun. The Flyers used the free spot to call up forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski from the taxi squad.

Source: Fox News April 01, 2021 03:45 UTC