Scott Hartnell recorded four points on two goals and two assists, and Jeff Carter also scored twice, as Philadelphia used a four-goal third period to best Buffalo, 5-2, at Wachovia Center.
Mike Richards had the other score and both Joffrey Lupul and Kimmo Timonen contributed two assists for the Flyers, winners in three of their last four games.
Martin Biron made 27 stops for his 21st win of the season.
Maxim Afinogenov and Jochen Hecht tallied for the Sabres, who have dropped two in a row after winning two straight.
Patrick Lalime was pulled after allowing four goals on 29 shots in the loss. Mikael Tellqvist finished the game by giving up a goal on four shots.
Carter put the Flyers ahead 2-1 just 27 seconds into the third period, tipping Lupul's feed past Lalime, and Richards netted a power-play goal at 4:59 when he tipped Timonen's point drive.
Lupul and Carter teamed up once more at 6:24 for a 4-1 Philly advantage, with the former sliding a nice pass to the latter for his second goal of the contest. The score also chased Lalime for Tellqvist.
It was 5-1 for the home team on a bizarre play with five minutes remaining. Timonen shot from the high slot, and the puck glanced off Tellqvist's shoulder, then Hartnell's chest and in.
Hecht brought Buffalo within 5-2 with 1:22 left in the contest, but that's as close as the visitors came.
Afinogenov got the Sabres on the board 1:52 into the contest, as a shot from the right boards from Teppo Numminen deflected off his skate and over Biron.
After wasting a pair of power-play chances, the Flyers knotted the game, as Claude Giroux fed Hartnell for a redirection from the right side of the crease with 13.6 seconds left in the first.
Game Notes
Philly has won all three games against Buffalo this season, with one final meeting in Buffalo on March 20...The Flyers were without forward Danny Briere once again due to a nagging groin injury. He is day-to-day but is hoping to return on Thursday.
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