Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres: Game preview, predictions and odds

Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 17, 2025

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The Philadelphia Flyers are on the road to play the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. ET on the final day of the NHL regular season.

Philadelphia (33-38-10) is coming off a 3-0 shutout loss to Columbus. Buffalo (35-39-7) is coming off a 4-0 shutout loss to Toronto.

Flyers vs Sabres: Head-to-head & key stats

Philadelphia is 102-71-20-7 all-time against Buffalo
The Flyers are averaging 2.81 goals per game
Buffalo is 22-15-3 at home
Philadelphia is allowing 3.43 goals per game
The Sabres are averaging 3.2 goals per game
The Flyers are 13-18-9 on the road
Buffalo is allowing 3.49 goals per game

Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres: Preview

Philadelphia will miss the playoffs again and is on a two-game losing streak. The Flyers are led by Travis Konecny, who has 75 points, Matvei Michkov has 60 points, Sean Couturier has 43 points, and Owen Tippett has 43 points.

The Flyers are set to start Samuel Ersso,n who's 22-17-5 with a 3.14 GAA and a .883 SV%. In his career against the Sabres, he's 3-1 with a 1.83 GAA and a .913 SV%.

Buffalo, meanwhile, missed the playoffs again. The Sabres are led by Tage Thompson, who has 72 points, Rasmus Dahlin has 68 points, JJ Peterka has 66 points, and Alex Tuch has 65 points.

The Sabres are expected to start Ukko-Pekka Luukkone,n who's 24-24-5 with a 3.20 GAA and a .887 SV%. In his career against the Flyers, he's 3-2 with a 3.80 GAA and a .886 SV%.

Flyers vs Sabres: Odds & Prediction

Philadelphia is a +120 underdog, while Buffalo is a -142 favorite, and the over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Flyers and Sabres have nothing to play for here as it's another lost season for both teams. However, this is a good spot for the Sabres to get back into the win column and end their season at home.

Buffalo should be able to score on Ersson and get a home win here in front of their fans to end the season.

Prediction: Sabres 4, Flyers 2.

Flyers vs Sabres: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Buffalo ML (-142)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-120)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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