EDMONTON — Forwards Taylor Hall and Teddy Purcell each had a goal and assist when the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 at Rexall Place on Sunday.
Jordan Eberle and Luke Gazdic also scored for Edmonton, who extended their win streak to a season-high three games. It is the second time this season the Oilers have won three consecutive games.
Jack Eichel and Ryan O'Reilly scored for Buffalo in the first of a three-game Western Canada road trip. The Sabers visit the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.
Oilers goaltender Anders Nilsson made 32 saves for his eighth win of the season.
The game was supposed to be the first meeting between the top two picks in the 2015 NHL Draft, No. 1 Connor McDavid and No. 2, Eichel. McDavid did not play because of a fractured clavicle sustained in a 4-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Nov. 3. The teams play again in Buffalo on March 1, when McDavid is expected to be back in the lineup.
Eichel scored at 6:58 of the first period to give Buffalo a 1-0 lead, snapping a backhand shot past Nilsson.
Purcell tied the game at 9:36, tipping a shot from Hall past Chad Johnson. The Oilers had possession of the puck in the Sabres zone when Hall fired it on net, hitting Purcell and changing directions.
Eberle scored at 16:06 to put Edmonton up 2-1, converting a centering pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
Eberle took the pass in the slot and fired it past Johnson for his second goal in two games. Eberle scored the overtime winner Friday in a 2-1 win against the Dallas Stars.
Hall extended the Oilers' lead to 3-1 on the power play at 18:55. The Oilers left wing fed forward Teddy Purcell side of the Sabres' net, then headed out front for the return pass.
Purcell flipped the puck out in front where it hit forward Zemgus Girgensons and landed in the crease, allowing Hall to tap it in.
O'Reilly cut the lead to 3-2 on a power play 13:22 into the second period. The Sabres leading scorer took a pass in front from defenseman Zach Bogosian, outwaited Nilsson, and lifted a shot over the fallen goaltender.
Gazdic restored Edmonton's two-goal lead at 17:43 with his first goal of the season. He crashed the net on a scramble in front and the puck went in off his skate.
The goal was reviewed, but the call on the ice stood; it was ruled there was no distinct kicking motion on the play. The Sabres then challenged the goal on goaltender interference, but the goal still stood.
Johnson made 24 saves for the Sabres.
The Oilers play the fourth of their five-game homestand Wednesday against coach Todd McLellan's former team, the San Jose Sharks.
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