EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. BUFFALO GP RECORD HOME (41) AWAY (41) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. BUFFALO 82 42-26-10-4 25-12-3-1 17-14-7-3 289 258
OILERS vs. BUFFALO – 2022-23 1 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2 4
QUICK FACTS
Monday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second and final game against the Sabres this season and the lone game in Buffalo.
These teams last met on Oct. 18 in Edmonton, with the Sabres winning 4-2.
Nick Bjugstad leads the Oilers with 20 career points against the Sabres and Cody Ceci has played a team high 35 career games against Buffalo.
POWER PLAY PROWESS
The Oilers have the top three power play point getters in the NHL, with McDavid (58), Draisaitl (49) and Nugent-Hopkins (42) ranking first, second and third respectively. Connor McDavid collected his 58th power play point of the season on Mar. 4 at WPG, giving him the Oilers single season record for most PPP’s in a season, passing Wayne Gretzky (57 – 1981-82). Leon Draisaitl scored his league leading 26th power play goal of the season on Mar. 4 at WPG to pass his own franchise record for most PPG’s in one season, a mark he set in 2021-22. Only one other active player has scored 26+ PPG’s in a single season – Chris Kreider (26 in ’21-22 w/NYR).
GONE STREAKING
Leon Draisaitl posted his 7th career regular season hat-trick on on Mar. 4 at WPG, extending his point streak to 12 games. He has accumulated 20 points (12G, 8A) in that span, including five multi-point efforts. He has now recorded eight separate point streaks of 10+ games in his career.
TWO OF A KIND –MULTIGOAL GAMES
With two goals on Mar. 1 vs. TOR, McDavid became the first Oiler to score 10 goals in a 5-game span since Wayne Gretzky in December 1986. He is the 5th player in NHL history with a 5-game multi-goal streak and the first since Alexander Mogilny in 1992-93.
TEAM EFFORT
On Feb. 23 at PIT the Oilers had 11 different players record a point, while having six different goal scorers in the game.
EARNING POINTS
The Oilers are 11-4-5 in their last 20 games, outscoring opponents 88-70 while earning at least a point in 16 of the 20 games.
FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers have scored 5+ goals 24 times this season, posting a record of 22-2-1 when scoring five or more goals in a game.
GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 102. They also rank 2nd in the NHL in first period goals with 67 goals.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. BUFFALO
Record: 3-4-3
GF: 29 GA: 31
2022-23 10/18/22 @ EDM 4-2 L
2021-22 3/17/22 @ EDM 6-1 W
2021-22 11/12/21 @ BUF 3-2 L
2019-20 1/2/20 @ BUF 3-2 L (OT)
2019-20 12/8/19 @ EDM 3-2 L (OT)
2018-19 3/4/19 @ BUF 4-3 W
2018-19 1/14/19 @ EDM 7-2 W
2017-18 1/23/18 @ EDM 0-5 L
2017-18 11/24/17 @ BUF 1-3 L
2016-17 12/6/16 @ BUF 3-4 L (OT)
2016-17 10/16/16 @ EDM 2-6 L
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Saturday, March 4
Tampa Bay 3 at Buffalo 5
Goals: Thompson, Hinostroza, Jost, Quinn, Skinner
Goalies: Comrie (33 saves/36 shots)
PP: 2/5; PK: 4/5; Shots: Tampa Bay 36 – Buffalo 34
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 110)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Alex Tuch (lower body, Feb. 26; IR) – 4 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
3/2: Added D Riley Stillman to the active roster; Placed D Rasmus Dahlin on injured reserve; Traded F Anders Bjork to Chicago in exchange for future considerations
3/3: Acquired D Austin Strand from Anaheim in exchange for D Chase Priskie; Acquired F Jordan Greenway from Minnesota in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft (VGK) and a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft; Acquired a seventhround pick in the 2025 NHL Draft in exchange for F Rasmus Asplund
3/4: Activated D Rasmus Dahlin off injured reserve
UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, March 7: Buffalo at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 9: Dallas at Buffalo, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 11: NY Rangers at Buffalo, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, March 13: Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15: Buffalo at Washington, 7:00 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME
OILERS AT SABRES
• This is the second and final meeting between the Sabres and Oilers this season.
• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Edmonton 4-2 in Edmonton on Oct. 18, 2022.
• The Sabres are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games against the Oilers; 6-3-1 at home.
• This is the 83rd game all-time between Buffalo and Edmonton; Buffalo has a 30-41-11 series record.
• The Sabres are 17-16-8 at home against the Oilers all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• A win today would give the Sabres three straight home wins against the Oilers for the first time since they defeated Edmonton in three consecutive home contests from Feb. 15, 2007 to Jan. 3, 2012.
• A win today would also give Buffalo 33 wins on the season, one more than they earned in 82 games in 2021-22. Buffalo last earned 33 or more wins in 2018-19 (33).
• Rasmus Dahlin has totaled 15 points (1+14) in his last 15 games and is one assist away from becoming the first Sabres defenseman since Phil Housley in 1989-90 (60) to record 50 or more assists in a single season.
• With an assist, he would join Housley and John Van Boxmeer as the only defensemen in franchise history to reach 50 assists in a single season.
• Tage Thompson has recorded 32 points (16+16) in his last 28 games, including 13 points (7+6) in his last nine games.
• Thompson needs one goal in tonight’s game to become the first Sabres skater to record 43 or more goals in a season since Thomas Vanek (43) in 2006-07.
• In his last 40 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 48 points (21+27), including 12 points (6+6) in his last nine games.
• In his last nine games, Jack Quinn has recorded nine points (4+5).
• Casey Mittelstadt (3+8) has collected 11 points in his last 11 games and a point in tonight’s game would give him his third three-game point streak of 2022-23.
• In his last 11 games, Dylan Cozens has recorded 10 points (6+4).
BACK-TO-BACK
• Today’s game begins Buffalo’s 11th of 15 sets of back-to-back games this season, which will conclude with a road matchup against the New York Islanders tomorrow night. The Sabres are 5-4-1 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 3-6-1 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in back-to-back sets this season is: four points (3), three points (0), two points (2), one point (2) and zero points (3).
