🛢️ Away Oilers 23-34-7
2–1
Final / OT
⚔️ Home Sabres 25-31-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🛢️ EDM 10012
⚔️ BUF 00101

Oilers at Sabres

Oilers beat Sabres 2–1 in overtime at KeyBank Center on March 1, 2016.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Connor McDavid
2 G
5 shots · 22:23 TOI
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Jordan Eberle
1 A
3 shots · 20:10 TOI
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Cam Talbot
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Connor McDavid Go-ahead 1st · 00:22
Assists: Jordan Eberle · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
3rd period
⚔️ Cal O'Reilly Tying 3rd · 09:06
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Mark Pysyk · beat Cam Talbot
1–1
Overtime
🛢️ Connor McDavid Go-ahead OT · 03:48
Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 Hall · McDavid · Draisaitl 21:16
L2 Eberle · Yakupov · Kassian 16:50
L3 Letestu · Hendricks · Cracknell 12:48
L4 Korpikoski · Lander · Pakarinen 11:31
D1 Sekera · Davidson 22:34
D2 Clendening · Pardy 20:20
D3 Nurse · Fayne 17:45
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · Eichel · Reinhart 20:43
L2 Girgensons · O'Reilly · Gionta 16:29
L3 Foligno · Larsson · Catenacci 13:19
L4 Deslauriers · Moulson · Legwand 10:43
D1 Gorges · Ristolainen 24:14
D2 Bogosian · McCabe 22:13
D3 Pysyk · Colaiacovo 16:02

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM BUF⚔️
41 Shots on goal 32
15 Hits 26
12 Blocked shots 13
0 Takeaways 2
9 Giveaways 7
2 Penalty minutes 6
EDM shooting 4.9% (2/41) BUF shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Cam Talbot
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 63:48 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 63:48 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Connor McDavid · 1st 00:22 · 1–0 Cal O'Reilly · 3rd 09:06 · 1–1 Connor McDavid · OT 03:48 · 2–1
EDM BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-2 (60% win rate, 10 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-9-5 (22% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-12-2 (26% win rate, 19 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Oilers lead the season series 2–0
Dec 62015 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 2–4 Jan 292015 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 2–3 Nov 72014 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Mar 202014 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 3–1 Feb 32014 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 3–2
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Who won Oilers vs Sabres on March 1, 2016?

Oilers won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Oilers 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Oilers?

Connor McDavid (2).

Who scored for Sabres?

Cal O'Reilly.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Cam Talbot made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Sabres season series?

Oilers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeFeb 28 🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM 1–3 AfterMar 3 🛢️EDM @ 🔔PHI 4–0
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 27 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 0–2 AfterMar 3 🔥CGY @ ⚔️BUF 3–6
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