Player grades: Bug-ridden Oilers bogged down in Buffalo

Oilers 1, Sabres 3
So much for traction. Two days after one of their most encouraging games of the season, the Edmonton Oilers moved on to Buffalo to face the slumping Sabres, losers of seven straight games. 
Slump over. Predictably, the Sabres came out and played desperate hockey, outworked their flagging opponents for the better part of the full 60 minutes and deservedly skated away with a 3-1 victory. It wasn’t pretty, but it was effective, effectively throwing a wet blanket over E