GAME STORY: Sabres 4, Oilers 3 (OT)

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Draisaitl's go-ahead goal came with 28 seconds remaining in a penalty to Evander Kane and with 10:01 to go in the third. He redirected a shot from Connor McDavid past Sabres starting goaltender Anders Nilsson.
That goal looked like it would hold up as the winner but with 28 seconds remaining, O'Reilly's blast hit the post behind Talbot and Kane was at the doorstep to put the rebound over the line and tie things up late.
Adam Larsson then received two minutes for holding with 16 seconds to go in regulation, giving Buffalo the power play to start overtime.
"The first period," said Oilers head coach Todd McLellan when asked where the team ultimately lost the game. "We look at the end, and obviously that's disappointing, but we were very sluggish and slow and got behind the eight ball in the first period. The first two goals bother me more than the last two.
"The penalty at the end of the game (by Larsson) was a senseless one and one that we have to avoid. There's nothing really dangerous going on there. But the six-on-five goal, that happens sometimes. I thought we played it fairly well, they put a rebound in off the post. To me, the issue was the first two (goals)."
The Sabres struck for the game's first goal just past the midway point of the opening period. With Zack Kassian in the box for hooking, Evander Kane rifled a shot from the side boards that squeezed through the pads of Talbot then rolled over the line to put the home team in front 1-0.
Just over three minutes later, Buffalo doubled their lead. Marcus Foligno quickly fed the puck on the rush to Brian Gionta, who backhanded the puck past Talbot to make it 2-0 for the Sabres.
"We were sluggish," McLellan continued, when assessing the team's opening frame. "They were on their toes, we didn't execute."
With 3:30 left in the opening period, the Oilers had only three shots on goal to Buffalo's 10. Edmonton did manage a couple more shots in the final few minutes, making it 10-5 Sabres on the shot clock after 20.
Halfway in the second period, with three seconds left in a power play with Jake McCabe in the box, Edmonton scored to give their squad some life. In a wild scramble in front of netminder Anders Nilsson, the puck was fired in by Jordan Eberle. The play was reviewed to see if Drake Caggiula had interfered with the goaltender on the play and it was ultimately determined that he did not.

The Oilers tied the game up less than two minutes later. McDavid fed Lucic blazing down the left side and he wired the puck five-hole to make it a 2-2 game.
"We found some pace in the second period. We made some adjustments to the lines and got a little speed on the wings, which we needed. The pace of the game, they dicated (in the first period) but I thought in the last two (periods) we played like we should have in the first. But those things happen."
Shots in the second were 14-5 Oilers as they successfully turned the tables on Buffalo. Overall, after 40 minutes shots were 19-15 Edmonton and in the third period, shots were 18-8 for the Oilers.
"It's nice to come back and put ourselves in a position to get a point but still we need to find ways to win games like this," stated McDavid.