Coming into Monday night's matchup with Edmonton, the Buffalo Sabres knew they'd have to keep pace with the high-flying Oilers.
What they didn't anticipate was having to solve Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner, who made 36 saves and erased several scoring chances as the Sabres fell in a tight, 3-2 game to the Oilers on Monday at KeyBank Center.
"He made a lot of big saves. He made a lot of saves on me early in the game in the second period," Dylan Cozens said. "He made a lot of saves on everyone. You're going to run into hot goalies sometimes, so you've got to find a way to get greasy goals. They're not all going to be pretty."
Despite the close score, Monday night's game was full of end-to-end action. The two teams combined for 35 shots over the course of the first 20 minutes, but each team only found the back of the net once.
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Skinner, Cozens score in 3-2 loss Monday night

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EDM@BUF: Skinner one-times a PPG to even the score
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EDM@BUF: Cozens scores in 3rd period