Season series:
Philadelphia 3-1

Power play:
Philadelphia 20.3% (2nd)
Buffalo 10.5% (28th)

Penalty killing:
Philadelphia 86.7% (6th)
Buffalo 85.0% (13th)

Expect a low-scoring series, where special teams may be a deciding factor and the Flyers have all edges there. Philadelphia has the league second best power-play and the Sabres are dead last with the man advantage.

If Hasek shows early heroics, it might give the Sabres an aura of invincibility and have the Flyers start thinking of past early exits.

Prediction:
Flyers in six.