GAME TIME
Skinner (Oilers) vs Ellis (Sabres) in goal.
Ostlund scores for Sabres in the first period.
Roslovic scores for the Oilers to tie the game in the 2nd period. Then Byram and Malenstyn add goals for Sabres to make it 3-1 on home ice, second period.
Ostlund scores his second of the game, 4-1 Sabres, who sit out of the playoffs but not by much. Tage Thompson scores an empty net goal to make it a 5-1 final.
Buffalo, it has been noted, may be an NHL perennial basement dweller, but they come up big against the Oilers, winning 6 of their last 7 games, both home and away.
MORE ON THE ROAD Oilers 2 and 2 on this 7 game road trip
On Wednesday, Nov 19, Oilers visit the Capitals. On Thursday, they visit the Lightning. On the Saturday HNIC appearance they play the Panthers, before returning home to play the Stars.
MACK’S TAKE ON OILERS SOMETIMES ASSISTED BY GROK IS AN EYE ON THE GAME AND THIS ROAD TRIP IS TRIAL BY FIRE AS THEY PASS 1/4 OF THE WAY INTO THE 2025-26 NHL SEASON. HYMAN'S RETURN WAS A BOOST IN PHILADELPHIA.