Knuble's first NHL goal puts Flyers up 2-0 on Sabres

The Philadelphia Flyers led the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 in the first period on Wednesday, with Cole Knuble scoring his first NHL goal and Trevor Zegras adding a power-play goal. Buffalo outshot Philadelphia 14-9 but failed to score on either of its power plays. The Flyers entered the matchup on a two-game winning streak after opening the season 0-6-3, with wins over Ottawa and Colorado. Buffalo entered at 4-3-2 after three consecutive games went to overtime, with its scoring and goals-against rates both worse than last season.