Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers

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Buffalo Sabres

12-14-4

Final
4 - 3

Edmonton Oilers

13-11-6

Alex Tuch's overtime goal lifts Sabres over Oilers, snapping losing streak

Alex Tuch wins it in OT for Sabres vs. Oilers

Josh Doan had a pair of goals and Tage Thompson had a goal and two assists for the Sabres, who won just their third road game of the season. Rasmus Dahlin had three assists.

Colten Ellis saved all six shots he faced in the Sabres’ net before leaving the game late in the first period due to an injury and being replaced by Alex Lyon, who made 21 saves.

Connor McDavid had two goals for the Oilers, including one with just two seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers and Stuart Skinner made 24 stops.

Doan now has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his last six games. Thompson moved into a tie with of Tuch for the team lead with 26 points.

McDavid now has 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists) in 18 games.

The Oilers have gone 8-7-5 against the Sabres in their last 20 games despite the large disparity in their overall records during that time span.

Up next Sabres: At Vancouver on Thursday night.

Oilers: Host Detroit on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

BUF wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 19:01	Josh Doan Goal (9) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (19), Tage Thompson (11)
Goal	2nd Period 11:03	Tage Thompson Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 11:59	Josh Doan Goal (10) Between Legs, assists: Tage Thompson (12), Rasmus Dahlin (20)
Goal	3rd Period 0:10	Connor McDavid Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Ekholm (13)
Goal	3rd Period 1:56	Vasily Podkolzin Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Leon Draisaitl (21), Ty Emberson (6)
Goal	3rd Period 19:58	Connor McDavid Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16), Evan Bouchard (23)
Goal	4th Period 0:33	Alex Tuch Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (10), Rasmus Dahlin (21)

Statistics

BUF		EDM
12	Blocked Shots	15
14	Hits	17
6	Takeaways	3
28	Shots	30
2	Power Play Goals	0
6	Power Play Opportunities	4
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
21	Faceoffs Won	34
38.2	Faceoff Win Percent	61.8
10	Giveaways	14
4	Total Penalties	6
8	Penalty Minutes	12

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Alec Regula, D	Out	Dec 20
Tristan Jarry, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 19
Jack Roslovic, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 19
Connor Clattenburg, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 11
Jake Walman, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 11