Sabres Squander Big Lead; Fall to Flyers

Claude Giroux scored the final goal of this tightly contested game Wednesday night as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers handed the Buffalo Sabres their third loss in four games.

Buffalo jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first period with goals by Villie Leino, Zack Kassian, and Thomas Vanek. Looking to take that lead into the first intermission, but Maxime Talbot scored with 1.5 seconds remaining to wipe that out.

Philadelphia scored three more goals in the second period to bust the game open and take the 4-3 lead. Goals were scored by Matt Read, Scott Hartnell, and Jaromir Jagr.

Late in the third, seconds after goalie Ryan Miller was pulled for the extra attacker, Drew Stafford scored to tie the game at four. The game would then be decided in overtime by Giroux halfway through the extra time after a Sabre turnover lead to a breakaway.

The Flyers were by far the superior team in the second and third periods. They out shot Buffalo 34-24.

The Sabres have been very disappointing at home this year and this performance was pretty similar to what the fans have experienced all year.

Buffalo now sits in 3rd in the Northeast and 7th in the Eastern Conference with a record of 14-11-2. They will try and end this skid and right the ship at home this Friday against the Florida Panthers.