GAME STORY: Oilers 4, Sabres 3

BUFFALO, NY - The Oilers battled back from a 3-1 first-period deficit to defeat the Buffalo Sabres by a score of 4-3 Monday at KeyBank Center.
Kyle Brodziak scored the game-winning goal with four seconds left in the second period and Mikko Koskinen exhibited a 35-save performance in the victory.
Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse each had two-point nights, as Draisaitl and McDavid extended their point streaks to 11 and six games, respectively.
The Oilers conclude their five-game road trip 3-1-1 and on a three-game winning streak.

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After erasing the Sabres' 3-1 lead with three goals in the final 3:31 of the middle frame, the Oilers caught some luck in the third when Jason Pominville stopped his own attempt from going in with the follow-through of his shot as the cage yawned wide open.
"It was right until the end," said Brodziak. "There were crazy bounces and a double hit on an open net that stayed out. There was a lot of chaos.
"It almost had a playoff-like feel to it."
There's been no hotter stick in the National Hockey League than Draisaitl's and the German kept it that way with his 17th of the year 1:28 into the game.
The Deutschland Dangler deposited his 41st of the season shorthanded, ripping in a one-timer while on a 2-on-1 with McDavid.
Draisaitl's goal marked the second time in his career he's achieved an 11-game point streak.
"Obviously I've been feeling good and hopefully I can keep it up," said the forward of his performance of late, elevating his point total to 83.
The Oilers lead was shortlived, as the Sabres responded three times unanswered, with 2015 second-overall selection Jack Eichel scoring twice.
Buffalo's captain replied on the power play just 1:14 after Draisaitl's goal, lifting the puck over Koskinen's shoulder for the equalizer.
"We looked like a team that was on the end of a long road trip at the start," said Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock. "We got some juice in the second period and then a couple breaks in the third."
Casey Mittelstadt added to the lead at 13:29, whipping one past Koskinen from the left circle for his 10th of the 2018-19 season.
Down 2-1, Oilers forward Zack Kassian fired a shot off the rush that went wide and Eichel turned up ice in transition. The Massachusetts product elected to keep, shoot and score on a 3-on-1, beating Koskinen blocker side to give the Sabres a 3-1 lead into the middle stanza.
"We did an unreal job to come back and tie it at 3-3," said Brodziak. "We got a deflection that was a bit of a lucky bounce but we'll take it."

Koskinen backstopped his club with some early stops in the second to keep the game within reach, pushing out to thwart Jeff Skinner on the rush then making key saves on Kyle Okposo and Eichel while on the penalty kill.
Kassian then started the three-goal onslaught at 16:29, burying McDavid's cross-ice pass from the left dot for his 11th of the season. McDavid notched his second assist of the night on the play, upping his point total to 92.
After McDavid's amazing pass, Draisaitl showed his ability to thread the needle, pulling enough attention to him along the half wall for Nurse to walk in uncontested from the point. Once Nurse got into position, Draisaitl dished a beautiful backhand feed to the defender, who wired the puck past goalie Linus Ullmark.

"I wasn't necessarily looking at him but I knew he was there," said Draisaitl of his pass to Nurse.
Brodziak gave Edmonton the go-ahead goal with four seconds remaining in the frame, getting a piece of Adam Larsson's floater from the point with his skate to register his fifth goal of the year, stunning the Sabres and taking a 4-3 lead into the third.
In the final 20, Skinner hit a post then put the puck through the crease behind Koskinen and Pominville later accidentally stopped his own shot from going in, as the Oilers held on for the win.
"It was a gutsy win," said Hitchcock. "It was a never-say-die type of effort, again, and we're getting a lot of that."