Sabres shut out by Flyers in consecutive days

Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty ImagesScore: Flyers 3 | Sabres 0

Shots: PHI 38 | BUF 28

Sabres Goals: None

Flyers Goals: Sean Couturier (5), Michael Raffl (3), James van Riemsdyk (10)

Minus-1 | Where Do We Even Start?

There was nothing to like about the Buffalo Sabres’ play in either contest this weekend. Both today, and yesterday the blue-and-gold was completely overmatched by a superior Philadelphia Flyers squad.

The Sabres’ even-strength woes are nothing new, but the futility of the team’s league-leading power-play unit added a new dimension of despair. Jack Eichel’s return from a lower-body injury did not lead to any sort of spark. As is tradition, Buffalo has effectively packed it in…