Those were Zach Hyman's thoughts on the Oilers' 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. It's clear where he was coming from: Buffalo outshot Edmonton 41-32, peppering Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner with 36 shots in the final 40 minutes. The Oilers were lucky to come away with a win against the last-place team in the Eastern Conference.

The Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres squared off for a little matinee action at Rogers Place on Saturday afternoon, and even though it wasn’t the prettiest effort we’ve ever seen, the boys still managed to grind out a 3-2 win.

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner is still the starter of a Stanley Cup contender even though he can be inconsistent at times, and two anonymous NHL figures admitted just that.

The Buffalo Sabres concluded their four-game road trip through Seattle and Western Canada with a stop in Edmonton for a Saturday matinee against the Oilers.

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner is finding new ways to keep hockey fun, and that includes a bold new set of gear.

Connor McDavid will be eligible to return from his three-game suspension when the Edmonton Oilers play host to the Seattle Kraken on Monday night. McDavid received the ban from the NHL for crosschecking the Vancouver Canucks' Conor Garland in the head late in a game on Jan.

Skinner was called upon early in the contest to make a massive stop on a Kings’ two-on-one opportunity as Anze Kopitar sent it across to Adrian Kempe and he unleashed a bullet that Skinner got a glove on, with the puck landing on top of the net.

Hopkins' second goal of the game snapped a tie with 11:01 left as the Connor McDavid-less Edmonton Oilers overcame a barrage of Buffalo shots in the final two periods to beat the Sabres, 3-2, Saturday at Rogers Place.

With the game tied 2-2, Buffalo outshot Edmonton 11-1 to start the third period before Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the game, giving the Oilers their first lead of the afternoon. That tally was ultimately the game winner as the Sabres concluded their road trip with a 1-3-0 record.

Stuart Skinner makes 40 saves & Ryan Nugent-Hopkins records two goals on Saturday in a 3-2 victory over the Sabres at Rogers Place that lifts the Oilers into first place in the Pacific Division

(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) and teammate Calvin Pickard (30) celebrate the win over the Los Angeles Kings in an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jason Franson/The ...

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two goals to help the Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2. Edmonton improved to 21-6-1 in its last 28 games.