Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, March 21, 2024 · Rogers Place
SNW · MSG-B
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 8–3 on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Rogers Place. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 39–29.
JJ Peterka scored twice, Mattias Ekholm scored twice and Zach Hyman scored twice. Victor Olofsson, Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Ryan McLeod and Connor Brown also scored.
Stuart Skinner made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 31 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
JJ Peterka (22)Alex Tuch (28), Tage Thompson (22)1–001:38 BUF
Victor Olofsson (7)Bowen Byram (15), Lukas Rousek (1)2–016:34 BUF
Leon Draisaitl (35)Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (43), Evan Bouchard (51)2–118:55 EDM ·
2nd period
Mattias Ekholm (6)Connor McDavid (83), Evan Bouchard (52)2–204:26 EDM- JJ Peterka (23)Connor Clifton (13)3–216:56 BUF
Zach Hyman (47)Mattias Ekholm (26), Connor McDavid (84)3–319:12 EDM
3rd period
Darnell Nurse (9)Troy Stecher (5)3–404:38 EDM- Mattias Ekholm (7)Leon Draisaitl (54), Connor McDavid (85)3–505:40 EDM
- Zach Hyman (48)Connor McDavid (86), Leon Draisaitl (55)3–615:18 EDM
Ryan McLeod (12)Connor Brown (6)3–716:58 EDM
Connor Brown (2)Sam Carrick (4), Cody Ceci (17)3–819:51 EDM
Team stats
BUFEDM
2939
40%60%
0/31/2
46
2832
2017
59
812
Penalties
- 8:26 into the first period
Zach Hyman · tripping2 min - 18:14 into the first period
Connor Clifton · interference2 min - 4:32 into the second periodCody Ceci · hooking2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodJJ Peterka · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the third periodCorey Perry · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 19:15 |
| 13Lukas RousekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:54 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 19:09 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:42 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 22:01 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:54 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 25:38 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 22:42 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 39 | 8 | .795 |
| 27Devon LeviG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 97Connor McDavidC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 29Leon DraisaitlC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 18:57 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 21:49 |
| 18Zach HymanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 17:30 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 2Evan BouchardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 23:53 |
| 39Sam CarrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:11 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:03 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 19Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 37Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 90Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 91Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 13:39 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Calvin PickardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 74Stuart SkinnerG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |