Player grades: Edmonton Oilers don't make it easy on themselves, but escape Buffalo with 2 points

Oilers 4, Sabres 3
Wild and woolly hockey game in Buffalo on Monday night between two teams with remarkably similar histories in recent years. At times it seemed like a battle to see who could find a way to lose it, and from that perspective the home-standing Sabres out-Oilers’d the visitors who snuck out of town with a 4-3 regulation win.
The Oil got off to another quick start with Leon Draisaitl opening the scoring for the third time on the 5-game road trip, but struggled through the rem