The Buffalo Sabres are still the Buffalo Sabres.
Even on the brink of having their first successful season and making the playoffs for the first time in over a decade, they can still collapse and look like they’re trying to tank for Connor McDavid all over again.
Thanks to the Sabres not really caring about shooting the puck and letting the Flyers walk all over them in a three-goal first period, Samuel Ersson earns a shutout in his fifth ever appearance and fourth start in the NHL and the Flyers earned a well-deserved 4-0 win that had a dash of offense, some mediocre defense, and a really good dude in between the pipes.