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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 22, 2017
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Dean Morton
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18222
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Philadelphia 0022
Buffalo 0044
Periods:
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1
Philadelphia   Buffalo
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 0:00  
  0:24 Giveaway by Marco Scandella.
Robert Hagg blocks shot from Jack Eichel. 0:43  
  0:43 Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
  0:55 Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net
  1:15 Zach Bogosian shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Dale Weise shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:34  
  1:51 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Scott Laughton wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 1:52  
  2:12 Johan Larsson hits Jori Lehtera.
  3:00 Kyle Okposo blocks shot from Andrew MacDonald.
Giveaway by Robert Hagg. 3:37  
Sean Couturier wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 3:42  
  3:43 Evander Kane shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Giveaway by Wayne Simmonds. 4:03  
Sean Couturier shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 4:19  
  4:49 Jacob Josefson shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Dale Weise hits Jake McCabe. 5:14  
Shot by Jordan Weal misses the net 5:22  
Scott Laughton hits Jake McCabe. 5:48  
Scott Laughton shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 6:03  
  6:15 Jordan Nolan hits Travis Sanheim.
Michael Raffl shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 6:31  
  6:49 Evander Kane hits Travis Sanheim.
  7:04 Evander Kane shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  7:05 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
  7:11 Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  7:11 Marco Scandella blocks shot from Ivan Provorov.
Wayne Simmonds shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 7:30  
  7:31 Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Nolan Patrick.
  8:03 Benoit Pouliot blocks shot from Nolan Patrick.
Shot by Shayne Gostisbehere misses the net 8:11  
Dale Weise hits Benoit Pouliot. 8:15  
  8:19 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  8:37 Scott Wilson shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Scott Laughton wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 8:38  
  8:59 Johan Larsson hits Ivan Provorov.
Shot by Scott Laughton misses the net 9:01  
  9:09 Jake McCabe hits Travis Konecny.
Jori Lehtera hits Jake McCabe. 9:13  
Radko Gudas shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 9:29  
Travis Konecny hits Jake McCabe. 9:39  
Radko Gudas blocks shot from Kyle Okposo. 9:52  
Giveaway by Jakub Voracek. 9:58  
  10:21 Zemgus Girgensons hits Robert Hagg.
  10:53 Zach Bogosian shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Robert Hagg penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Zemgus Girgensons. 11:01  
  11:01 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  11:19 Shot by Evander Kane misses the net
  11:23 Giveaway by Jack Eichel.
  12:03 Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  12:11 Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart. 12:12  
Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 12:19  
  13:19 Nathan Beaulieu shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Benoit Pouliot. 13:20  
  13:26 Jacob Josefson hits Michael Raffl.
  13:49 Giveaway by Zach Bogosian.
Michael Raffl shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 13:50  
Robert Hagg hits Evander Kane. 14:04  
  14:10 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  14:15 Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  14:16 Evander Kane wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
Shot by Sean Couturier misses the net 14:47  
  15:01 Evander Kane hits Ivan Provorov.
  15:13 Josh Gorges hits Nolan Patrick.
  15:31 Jack Eichel hits Robert Hagg.
Jordan Weal blocks shot from Zach Bogosian. 15:48  
  15:55 Nathan Beaulieu shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  16:09 Giveaway by Zach Bogosian.
  16:32 Jake McCabe hits Jakub Voracek.
Giveaway by Jakub Voracek. 16:40  
Scott Laughton wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson. 16:44  
  17:11 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  17:20 Benoit Pouliot shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Travis Konecny shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 17:42  
Sean Couturier wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 17:50  
  17:59 Ryan O'Reilly blocks shot from Robert Hagg.
Shot by Robert Hagg misses the net 18:08  
Sean Couturier shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:29  
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 18:30  
  18:43 Zemgus Girgensons hits Radko Gudas.
Michael Raffl blocks shot from Zach Bogosian. 18:53  
Giveaway by Michael Raffl. 19:04  
Takeaway by Jordan Weal. 19:16  
Nolan Patrick shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 19:19  
  19:53 Jason Pominville blocks shot from Ivan Provorov.
  19:59 Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Ivan Provorov.
2
Philadelphia   Buffalo
  0:00 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  0:17 Evander Kane shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  0:19 Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  0:20 Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
Takeaway by Andrew MacDonald. 0:39  
  0:59 Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
Robert Hagg blocks shot from Jacob Josefson. 1:17  
Takeaway by Dale Weise. 2:25  
  2:35 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Jori Lehtera.
Travis Konecny hits Jack Eichel. 3:40  
  4:30 Evander Kane penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Robert Hagg.
Nolan Patrick wins the faceoff against Benoit Pouliot. 4:30  
Giveaway by Jordan Weal. 4:49  
Travis Konecny shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:09  
Shayne Gostisbehere shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:44  
Wayne Simmonds shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:51  
  6:32 Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot from Shayne Gostisbehere.
  6:33 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Jakub Voracek.
  6:41 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
Jakub Voracek hits Jake McCabe. 6:50  
  6:53 Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  6:56 Evander Kane shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  7:00 Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  7:02 Evander Kane shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  7:32 Shot by Evander Kane misses the net
  7:40 Giveaway by Evander Kane.
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart. 7:43  
Robert Hagg hits Jack Eichel. 8:10  
Wayne Simmonds hits Sam Reinhart. 8:15  
  8:27 Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net
  8:39 Sam Reinhart penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sean Couturier.
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Benoit Pouliot. 8:39  
  8:46 Giveaway by Rasmus Ristolainen.
  8:52 Takeaway by Johan Larsson.
Jakub Voracek hits Johan Larsson. 9:00  
  9:12 Johan Larsson blocks shot from Jakub Voracek.
Wayne Simmonds shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 9:17  
Giveaway by Nolan Patrick. 10:05  
  10:51 Sam Reinhart wins the faceoff against Scott Laughton.
Takeaway by Scott Laughton. 11:40  
  11:42 Josh Gorges hits Scott Laughton.
Sean Couturier wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 12:03  
  12:10 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  12:30 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
  13:02 Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net
  13:03 Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Jordan Weal.
Dale Weise shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 13:16  
  13:22 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Dale Weise.
  13:28 Jacob Josefson blocks shot from Nolan Patrick.
  13:52 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  13:59 Benoit Pouliot shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Jori Lehtera shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:24  
  14:26 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
Wayne Simmonds hits Marco Scandella. 14:45  
Wayne Simmonds shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:51  
  14:57 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
  15:30 Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net
  15:37 Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  15:50 Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net
  16:14 Jason Pominville wins the faceoff against Nolan Patrick.
Nolan Patrick shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 16:30  
Shot by Travis Sanheim misses the net 16:31  
Scott Laughton wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson. 16:32  
Radko Gudas shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 16:43  
  16:44 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Jori Lehtera.
Travis Sanheim shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 17:00  
  17:09 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  17:23 Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly.
Sean Couturier wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart. 17:24  
  17:39 Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson. 17:46  
  17:54 Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
Valtteri Filppula hits Jacob Josefson. 18:03  
  18:06 Johan Larsson shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  18:35 Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Giveaway by Radko Gudas. 19:00  
  19:04 Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 19:05  
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 19:11  
Sean Couturier wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 19:29  
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 19:35  
3
Philadelphia   Buffalo
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 0:00  
  0:10 Evander Kane shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  0:10 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
Wayne Simmonds blocks shot from Marco Scandella. 0:14  
  0:29 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
  0:36 Shot by Zemgus Girgensons misses the net
  0:55 Jake McCabe blocks shot from Ivan Provorov.
  1:05 Shot by Zemgus Girgensons misses the net
Michael Raffl hits Nathan Beaulieu. 1:43  
  2:33 Jordan Nolan shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Scott Laughton wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 2:35  
Scott Laughton blocks shot from Nathan Beaulieu. 3:27  
  3:34 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 3:40  
  3:59 Ryan O'Reilly scores. Assisted by Evander Kane.
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 3:59  
Michael Raffl shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 4:32  
  4:41 Sam Reinhart penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Valtteri Filppula.
  4:41 Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
  4:55 Johan Larsson hits Jakub Voracek.
Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:02  
Shayne Gostisbehere shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 5:37  
  5:45 Benoit Pouliot shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
  6:01 Jake McCabe penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor).
  6:01 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
Shot by Jakub Voracek misses the net 6:45  
  6:52 Sam Reinhart blocks shot from Nolan Patrick.
Shot by Jordan Weal misses the net 7:39  
Giveaway by Ivan Provorov. 7:48  
Scott Laughton shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 8:06  
Scott Laughton penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Marco Scandella. 8:10  
  8:10 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  8:14 Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Sean Couturier shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 8:29  
Radko Gudas blocks shot from Jack Eichel. 9:11  
  9:39 Shot by Jason Pominville misses the net
Andrew MacDonald blocks shot from Benoit Pouliot. 9:58  
Scott Laughton hits Johan Larsson. 10:19  
  10:30 Johan Larsson hits Jakub Voracek.
  10:37 Jake McCabe hits Jakub Voracek.
  11:08 Evander Kane scores. Assisted by Josh Gorges and Kyle Okposo.
  11:08 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
  12:04 Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Brian Elliott.
Nolan Patrick wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 12:05  
Nolan Patrick hits Zemgus Girgensons. 12:30  
Jordan Weal blocks shot from Nathan Beaulieu. 12:38  
  12:53 Giveaway by Sam Reinhart.
Wayne Simmonds shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 13:05  
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson. 13:07  
Travis Sanheim shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 13:14  
  13:33 Takeaway by Jason Pominville.
Radko Gudas hits Jacob Josefson. 13:47  
Claude Giroux shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:00  
  14:01 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Claude Giroux.
  14:16 Kyle Okposo blocks shot from Ivan Provorov.
  14:17 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
Shayne Gostisbehere shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:33  
  14:38 Zemgus Girgensons hits Ivan Provorov.
  15:01 Zemgus Girgensons hits Radko Gudas.
Shot by Jakub Voracek misses the net 15:59  
  16:02 Rasmus Ristolainen penalty for closing hand on puck - 2 mins (Minor).
Valtteri Filppula wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson. 16:02  
  16:35 Jake McCabe hits Ivan Provorov.
  17:44 Marco Scandella blocks shot from Sean Couturier.
Michael Raffl scores a power play goal. Assisted by Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek. 17:50  
  17:50 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Valtteri Filppula.
  18:07 Jake McCabe hits Michael Raffl.
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 18:10  
Ivan Provorov shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:13  
Shayne Gostisbehere shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 18:45  
  18:46 Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Sean Couturier.
  18:53 Jack Eichel scores on an empty net. Assisted by Marco Scandella and Ryan O'Reilly.
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson. 18:53  
Jakub Voracek shoots Saved by Robin Lehner. 19:14  
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson. 19:18  
Shayne Gostisbehere scores. Assisted by Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek. 19:28  
Claude Giroux wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. 19:28  
  19:51 Jack Eichel blocks shot from Shayne Gostisbehere.
  19:59 Jack Eichel scores on an empty net. Assisted by Marco Scandella.
  19:59 Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Nolan Patrick.