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OVERTIME

3:51: Eichel is awarded a penalty shot in overtime and he scores. Oilers get a point but that’s it as they fall to the Sabres 3-2. BUF takes the season series with two 3-2 OT decisions.

5:00: Overtime has begun!

THIRD PERIOD

0.0: Reinhart’s 100th career goal sends this one into overtime. Shots after regulation are 27-23 in favour of the Oil. The Oilers secure one point!

2:10: Yamamoto takes flight for an airborne puck and almost gains space ahead of Ullmark when it falls to the ground but the keeper gets his trapper on it.

6:16: The Oilers orchestrate a stingy penalty kill. After it expired, Reinhart’s shot popped up and almost over Smith’s shoulder but he had the awareness to glove it before.

8:59: Jack Eichel picks up speed off the wing and causes Nugent-Hopkins to take a slashing penalty. Big kill for the Oilers incoming.

13:48: Draisaitl unloads an unsuspecting one-timer that catches Ullmark off guard but it goes wide.

16:07: Zach Bogosian throws a puck on net and Reinhart tips it in front. The Sabres erase Edmonton’s lead. | EDM 2, BUF 2

18:51: Smith clears the puck out of play but doesn’t get called for delay of game as the puck was tipped before.

20:00: The third period has begun!

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: A scoreless second period sees the Oilers take their 2-1 lead into the final period. Shots after 40 are 22-15 Edmonton.

1:49: Klefbom jumps up for a 2-on-1 with Yamamoto but his centring feed gets disrupted by the Sabres defender.

2:37: Victor Olofsson intercepts a pass and attacks on a partial breakaway but Smith pushes out and makes a big glove save. The keeper now has 12 saves on 13 shots.

6:18: Brandon Montour skates down from the point and zips one on net but Smith gobbles it up for the whistle.

11:05: Connor McDavid gets in on the forecheck and steals the puck from Marcus Johansson, causing the Buffalo forward to take a tripping minor. Edmonton goes to the power play.

13:24: The penalty expires but Zemgus Girgensons approaches shortly after on the rush, keeping, dragging and shooting only to be stopped by Smith.

16:04: Kassian is called for hooking. BUF gets the game’s first man advantage.

16:49: Smith keeps his paddle down to foil a Buffalo 2-on-1.

20:00: The second period has begun!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: The opening frame ends with the Oilers edging the Sabres 2-1. Shots after 20 are 14-4 EDM, with 11(!) different Oilers registering a shot on goal.

4:22: Kassian encroaches the O-zone and whistles a shot that gets deflected wide.

5:20: The Oilers are owning the shot chart 12-4 near the end of the 1st period.

11:21: Former Edmonton Oil King Curtis Lazar cleans up Marcus Johansson’s wraparound by sliding it 5-hole on Smith. Lots of scoring early in this one as the Sabres cut the Oilers lead in half. | EDM 2, BUF 1

13:00: NUUUUUUUGE! The new-look second line gets in the O-zone and goes to work, as Leon Draisaitl’s point shot gets deflected by Kailer Yamamoto then slammed home by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. That’s points in two straight for Yamamoto and RNH’s seventh point in his last five! | EDM 2, BUF 0

14:54: St. Catharines product Riley Sheahan is Johnny-on-the-spot, putting back a deflection in front and giving the Oilers an early lead. You know his family is loving that. Josh Archibald and Adam Larsson get the helpers. | EDM 1, BUF 0

15:20: Zack Kassian feathers the puck to Oscar Klefbom joining the rush but Linus Ullmark keeps the gate shut on his wrister.

17:06: Sam Reinhart throws a high shot on net and it bounces off Mike Smith’s helmet and out of play.

20:00: Tonight’s game has begun!

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Neal – McDavid – Kassian
Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
Khaira – Sheahan – Archibald
Nygard – Haas – Chiasson

Klefbom – Bear
Nurse – K. Russell
Lagesson – Larsson

Smith
Koskinen

OUT: Gagner, P. Russell, Jones, Benning (concussion)

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