Eric Comrie set a brand new profession excessive with 46 saves because the Buffalo Sabres stole a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night time at Rogers Place.
Rasmus Dahlin gave the Sabres the lead on a four-on-three energy play 4 minutes into the sport, beating Oilers netminder Stuart Skinner from the excessive slot.
Darnell Nurse tied it 23 seconds later whereas taking part in four-on-four, changing a cross from Leon Draisaitl.
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Tage Thompson twisted round a few Oilers defenders to attain with an excellent particular person effort within the first minute of the second.
Lower than 5 minutes later, J.J. Paterka scored on a breakaway to make it 3-1 Sabres.
The Oilers had quite a few shut calls within the first 10 minutes of the third however Comrie held sturdy.
After the Oilers killed a penalty, Connor McDavid had a shot from level clean with just below 5 minutes left. Comrie made the save, then McDavid pushed the rebound simply vast.
With 1:33 to go and Skinner pulled for an additional attacker, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins discovered the puck in a scramble and flipped in his first of the season.
Zach Hyman appeared to have a certain purpose with 30 seconds left however Comrie got here up with an excellent pad save. Sabres ahead Alex Tuch scored a late empty-netter.
Buffalo Sabres goalie Eric Comrie (31) makes the save on Edmonton Oilers’ Evander Kane (91) as Mattias Samuelsson (23) defends throughout second interval NHL motion in Edmonton on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
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The Oilers outshot the Sabres 23-5 within the third and 48-24 for the sport.
The Oilers (1-2) will host Carolina on Thursday. You’ll be able to hearken to the sport reside on 630 CHED, starting with The Faceoff Present at 5:30 p.m. The precise sport is at 7 p.m.
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