The Sabres had to give up Dylan Cozens, a 24-year-old alternate captain who signed a seven-year, $49.7 million contract during his 68-point breakout season. He’s a center with a ton of upside who failed to live up to it the last two seasons. His physicality came and went. He was less confident carrying the puck and his production plummeted.

My Oilers analysis Leon Draisaitl has found the back of the net in eight of the past 10 games, scoring nine goals along the way. The only opponents he didn’t score against during that span were the Stars and Hurricanes, who both rank Top 6 in points and are exceptional at limiting goals.

Leon Draisaitl is on a 14-game point streak, the longest of his career. Before Monday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center, he said he prepares the same way for every game.

Josh Norris, the newest Sabres forward, assisted on the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

Tage Thompson scored two goals, so he was picked the No. 1 star, but Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was totally on his game and made numerous big saves in all three periods and the Sabres simply don’t win that

Thompson’s goals upped his team-leading goal total to 33 and Alex Tuch also scored to help the Sabres end a six-game losing streak in which they went 0-5-1. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves.

Tage Thompson scored his 32nd and 33rd goals of the season in the win.

In the end, too much self-inflicted slop for the Oilers to overcome, even against the last place club in the Eastern Conference. The home-standing Sabres built a trio of 1-goal leads and managed to hang on to the last of those to take a 3-2 win in regulation. All 3 Buffalo goals came off the rush, vs. none for the visitors.

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres head into a matchup against the Edmonton Oilers after losing six in a row. Buffalo is 15-14-3 at home and 24-32-6 overall. The Sabres have gone 9-14-4 in games they have more penalties than their opponent.

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Tage Thompson scored two goals and led the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night

Tage Thompson scored two goals and led the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. “It is frustrating when some of the guys who aren’t contributing offensively are contributing for scoring chances against,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said after the game. “That’s what is hurting the team.”