First period was an early push by the Oilers and the Sabres played kind of a bend-not-break game on defense. The Sabres scored right off the faceoff on a power play, wicked wrister from Dahlin in the high slot. Off the ensuing faceoff Thompson had a good opportunity but then the Oilers turned it up ice and scored on a break. Comrie really had no chance as it was a shot following a cross-ice pass that beat him.
In the second period, Tage used his size and reach to cut back into the middle of the ice after being forced wide to get a tap-in goal. Oilers pressed but on the counter-strike Hinostroza passed to Peterka on a clean breakaway from center ice and JJ buried it. Lyubushkin had two huge hits in the game, one of which rivaled the Cream of Umberger Soup hit by Brian Campbell. Boosh would leave later in the period after blocking a shot off his skate. Hopefully he won't be out long because the Sabres are a better team with his physicality.
The third period was frenetic as the Oilers applied the full-court press with McDavid and Draisaitl on the ice most of the period (McD had 10:14 of ice time in the period). The Sabres played desperate defense. I think they outsmarted themselves trying to do cross-ice passes to get around Comrie, but the Sabres were pretty effective in stopping those passes and tying players up in front of the net. Still, Comrie had to come up huge in tight and he did, allowing one goal on 20+ shots for the period, with about a minute and a half to go. The Oilers pressed more but then Cozens broke up ice, got blanketed by an Oiler but managed to push it up ice to Tuch who fended off an Oiler to get the empty netter.