Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Ales Kotalik scored the lone shootout goal, and Ryan Miller was perfect at the other end as the Buffalo Sabres swept a home-and-home series with a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Kotalik's wrist shot snuck under the glove of Flyers goaltender Martin Biron, while Miller wrapped up the game with a diving poke check against Philadelphia's Jeff Carter.

Jason Pominville notched a goal and three assists, while Kotalik and Maxim Afinogenov each had a goal and a helper for Buffalo, which has won a season- high six straight and 13 of its last 17 overall. Jaroslav Spacek and Thomas Vanek also lit the lamp, and Miller finished with 31 saves.

Carter and Mike Richards each had a pair of goals for the Flyers, losers of a season-high six straight. Kimmo Timonen also scored, Joffrey Lupul had two assists and Biron turned aside 23 shots in defeat.

The Flyers, who squandered a pair of power play chances in overtime, have not won in the shootout in their last eight tries. They are 0-for-3 this season.

An early power play led to the Sabres' first goal, as Afinogenov waited patiently in the right circle before one-timing Pominville's feed past Biron on the stick side at 2:18.

Both teams then engaged in fisticuffs, as Andrew Peters squared off with Riley Cote near the midpoint. A little more than a minute later, Nathan Paetsch and Richards also dropped the gloves.

Carter pulled the Flyers even with 3:20 left in the stanza when he got himself in the defensive position -- down in front of Miller -- and knocked home a rebound.

Buffalo went back on top early in the second, as Kotalik got three jabs at the puck before he knocked it through the pads of Biron.

Pominville then made it 3-1 following a Philadelphia turnover. Jochen Hecht corralled the puck just inside the blue line and barreled toward the net, but lost control as the disc slid free at the right corner. Pominville got a stick on it, then was able to poke it through at 7:54.

The Flyers answered with a pair of shorthanded goals less than a minute apart, as Carter deflected Daniel Briere's wrister past a screened Miller down low at 12:08. Richards then made it 3-3, as he trailed an odd-man rush set up by R.J. Umberger and rifled the puck into the top right corner.

The Sabres took the lead again, cashing in on a two-man advantage, when Spacek's slap shot found the twine with 4:34 left in the second period.

Richards helped the Flyers tie it up with just 26.2 seconds remaining, as he one-timed a shot off the glove of Miller, this time with the Flyers skating 5- on-3.

Timonen put the Flyers up, 5-4, on a power-play tally early in the third, but Vanek pulled the Sabres even with just 7.2 seconds remaining in regulation when he deflected Pominville's shot past a stunned Biron.

Game Notes Buffalo participated in its first shootout of the year...Flyers defenseman Randy Jones missed the game and is day-to-day with a right knee sprain suffered during the second period of Friday's game...The Sabres are 10-0 when Kotalik scores...The Sabres had not allowed two short-handed goals in a game since March 11, 2006...Philadelphia is winless in four straight home games.