Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 2020 · KeyBank Center
SNW · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at KeyBank Center. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 27-26.
Goals came from Riley Sheahan, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Curtis Lazar, Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel.
Linus Ullmark made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Riley Sheahan (4)Josh Archibald (3), Adam Larsson (2)1–005:06 EDM
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (9)Kailer Yamamoto (1), Leon Draisaitl (40)2–007:00 EDM
Curtis Lazar (3)Marcus Johansson (13)2–108:39 BUF
3rd period
Sam Reinhart (13)Zach Bogosian (4), Victor Olofsson (19)2–203:53 BUF
OT period
Jack Eichel (26)Unassisted2–301:09 BUF
Team stats
EDMBUF
27Shots on goal26
65%Faceoff %35%
0/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
19Hits19
9Blocked shots5
9Giveaways6
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 2nd 03:56
Zack Kassian · hooking2 min - 2nd 08:55
Marcus Johansson · tripping2 min - 3rd 11:01Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · slashing2 min
- OT 01:09Oscar Klefbom · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 15Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 23Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 29Leon DraisaitlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 56Kailer YamamotoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 6Adam LarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 10Joakim NygardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:07 |
| 16Jujhar KhairaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 44Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 91Gaetan HaasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| 97Connor McDavidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:52 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:12 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:41 |
| 74Ethan BearD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:45 |
| 77Oscar KlefbomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 27:16 |
| 84William LagessonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19Mikko KoskinenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | O | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 61:09 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:16 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:57 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 61:09 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |