Sabres hand Flyers 11th loss in a row

Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson and Peyton Krebs each scored twice, and the Buffalo Sabres handed Philadelphia its 11th consecutive loss with a 6-3 victory over the Flyers on Saturday.

Philadelphia’s skid (08-3) matches the Arizona Coyotes and New York Islanders for the longest in the NHL this season. It is one short of the franchise record of 12 straight losses set in 1999. The Flyers are the first team in 11 years to lose 10 in a row twice in the same season.

“Right now it feels like we’re hitting rock bottom, and it just feels like we can’t catch a break,” said Flyers captain Claude Giroux, who tipped in two goals.

Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch each had two assists for the Sabres, who ended a nine-game home slide. Michael Houser made 30 saves to win his second consecutive start and improve to 4-2.

The shorthanded Sabres were without alternate captains Kyle Okposo and Zemgus Girgensons, among 10 players on the injured list.

Bruins 3, Jets 2: David Pastrnak scored a tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period to give surging host Boston the win over travel-weary Winnipeg.

Charlie Coyle and Oskar Steen also scored for Boston, which is 10-2 since New Year’s Day.

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Obituary: Hall of Famer Clark Gillies, a stalwart on the New York Islanders’ dynasty that won four straight Stanley Cup championships in the early 1980s, has died. He was 67.

The Islanders announced Gillies’ death Friday night. The team did not say where Gillies died or provide a cause of death.

Gillies had 319 goals and 378 assists in 958 games over 14 seasons with the Islanders and Buffalo Sabres. He spent the bulk of his career with New York and is fourth on the franchise list in goals (304) and points (663), and fifth in assists (359).

He is one of 17 players on the team that won the four Cups from 1980-83

Aand an NHL-record 19 consecutive postseason series.