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NHL tweaks Flyers’ schedule because of impending storm in Buffalo

The scheduled March 4 Flyers game with the Sabres has been moved to Jan. 9 because of a postponement in Buffalo.

Flyers goaltender Felix Sandstrom watches the puck as Noah Cates (49) defends Buffalo Sabres right wing Tage Thompson in April.
Flyers goaltender Felix Sandstrom watches the puck as Noah Cates (49) defends Buffalo Sabres right wing Tage Thompson in April.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer
    by Giana Han
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The Flyers’ game on March 4 in Buffalo against the Sabres has been moved up to Jan. 9 (7 p.m.) at KeyBank Center after a bit of schedule shuffling by the NHL.

The league had to adjust the schedule because the Sabres’ Friday home game against the Tampa Bay Lightning was postponed to March 4 due to an impending snowstorm. The Tampa Bay-Buffalo game will replace the Flyers game on the Sabres schedule.

The Jan. 9 game against the Sabres will be played the day after the Flyers host the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flyers had 12 days at home in between their holiday West Coast trip and the next road game, a Jan. 14 game in Washington. Now that home stretch will be broken up.

The Flyers’ January schedule will feature seven home games and seven away games. Meanwhile, March, which was already a light travel schedule, will feature four away games across two road trips. It will also give the Flyers three non-game days in a row, the longest break the Flyers have during that month.

The rescheduled game will mark the first time the Flyers face the Sabres since the preseason. Their other meetings will be Flyers home games on March 17 and April 1.