Cole Knuble scores his first two NHL goals as the Flyers beat the Sabres 3-1

Rookie Cole Knuble scored his first two NHL goals Wednesday night, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 at KeyBank Center.

Knuble was playing his second career game. His father, former NHL forward Mike Knuble, who played 1,068 games for five teams, was there to see both goals, according to the Associated Press.

Knuble opened the scoring at 14:49 of the first period. Trevor Zegras made it 2-0 on a power play at 19:17, batting the rebound of a Matvei Michkov shot out of the air and past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.

Jason Zucker, making his season debut after sports hernia surgery, cut the lead to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 19:25 of the second. Knuble restored the two-goal lead 3:03 into the third when the puck went in off Luukkonen's skate.

Dan Vladar stopped 27 of 28 shots. Philadelphia (3-6-3) has won three in a row after starting the season 0-6-3. Tyson Foerster returned after missing one game with an undisclosed injury.

Luukkonen made 23 saves for Buffalo (4-4-2), which is 1-1-2 in its last four games. Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin returned after missing four games with an upper-body injury and played 26:27.

Up next: the Flyers host Anaheim on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. The Sabres open a four-game road trip at Washington the same night at 7 p.m. ET.