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Philadelphia Flyers' Sergei Bobrovsky center, of Russia, watches a loose puck between Buffalo Sabres' Drew Stafford, left, and Tyler Ennis in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
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Philadelphia Flyers' Darroll Powe, left, and Buffalo Sabres' Cody McCormick battle for the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
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Philadelphia Flyers' James van Riemsdyk, right, and Claude Giroux celebrate after van Riemsdyk's goal in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
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Buffalo Sabres' Brad Boyes (22), Andrej Sekera (44), of Slovakia, and Jason Pominville (29) celebrate after Sekera's goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
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Philadelphia Flyers' Kimmo Timonen, of Finland, celebrates after scoring a goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
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Buffalo Sabres' Nathan Gerbe, left, and Philadelphia Flyers' Kris Versteeg collide in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
By Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Jason Pominville snapped a tie game in the third period after the Buffalo Sabres scored three times in the second in a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday.

The Eastern Conference-leading Flyers have lost three straight games for the first time since Nov. 26-Dec. 1. Their last two losses have come against Toronto and the Sabres, two teams less than five points out of the final playoff spot in the East.

Drew Stafford, Tyler Ennis and Andrej Sekera scored three straight goals in the second to put the Sabres ahead. Ryan Miller bounced back from a shaky first period to allow one goal the rest of the way. Nathan Gerbe added an empty-netter late in the third.

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Kris Versteeg, James van Riemsdyk and Kimmo Timonen scored goals for the Flyers.

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