Wednesday NHL: Philadelphia vs. Buffalo

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The Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres play for the first time since the NHL playoffs when the two teams face off on Wednesday night.

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Buffalo (6-4-0), which outscored opponents 20-10 in winning five of its first six, dropped to 1-3-0 over its last four games with Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Florida.

The Sabres have been outscored 10-6 at even strength over their past four games.

A chance to avenge last season’s loss in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals could have Buffalo more motivated. The Sabres held a 3-2 advantage over the Flyers (6-4-1) before surrendering 10 goals in the last two games and losing the series.

While Buffalo continues to falter, Philadelphia is coming off a 5-1 win over Carolina on Saturday behind a goal and three assists from Claude Giroux and a pair of goals from Jaromir Jagr.

The Flyers also got considerably better goaltending. Bryzgalov made 24 saves against the Hurricanes, looking more like the goalie who started 3-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA than the one who was 0-4-1 with a 4.62 GAA over his next five games.

With five goals and two assists over his last four games Jagr certainly appears to have found his form after going seven games without a goal upon returning to the NHL.

It’s Giroux, though, who may draw the bulk of the Sabres’ attention. The former first-round pick had a series-high nine points - eight assists - against Buffalo in the postseason.

Three of those assists came on the power play, which right now could use some work. After converting 11 of 40 (27.5 percent) chances through eight games, the Flyers are 1 for 14 over their last three.

They’ll have to make do in Buffalo without one of their most significant offensive weapons. Danny Briere, who has five power-play points this season and scored six goals against the Sabres in the playoffs, will miss his second straight game Tuesday with an upper-body injury.

This game will be a fun one to watch and wager on in this exciting playoff rematch.