The Buffalo Sabres visit the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Saturday afternoon. It concludes a four-game road trip for Buffalo which has seen losses in Seattle and Calgary sandwich Tuesday’s comeback victory in Vancouver.

The Buffalo Sabres play in Edmonton on Saturday and will catch a break as the Oilers will be without Connor McDavid. Their superstar center is serving the last game of a three-game NHL suspension for cross checking Conor Garland in the face.

The Buffalo Sabres play the Oilers on Saturday in Edmonton, and will catch a break as Connor McDavid is serving the last game of a three-game suspension. Paul Hamilton has his game preview:

Dylan Cozens and Tage Thompson also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Sabres ... (AP) — Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and Edmonton beat Minnesota for ...

McLeod will return to the lineup for the Sabres on Saturday, just in time to make his return to Rogers Place and play his former team, the Edmonton Oilers, for the first time. McLeod has missed the past three games with what he described as a “nagging” upper-body injury.

Hopkins' second goal of the game snapped a tie with 11:01 left as the Connor McDavid-less Edmonton Oilers overcame a barrage of Buffalo shots in the final two periods to beat the Sabres, 3-2, Saturday at Rogers Place.

First, there was the “tank for Connor McDavid”, but they failed ... they’ll have roughly $35 million with only Jason Zucker, Ryan McLeod, Jack Quinn, J.J. Peterka, and Bowen Byram to re ...

Dylan Cozens and Tage Thompson also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for ... the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and Edmonton beat ...

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid has spoken publicly for the first time since receiving a three-game suspension. The NHL banned McDavid from appearing in three games this week, starting with ...

The NHL issued a three-game suspension to Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid this week for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland late in their game this weekend. McDavid was ...

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman indicated Connor McDavid's three-game suspension is part of the league's efforts to crack down on hits to the head. "I think in terms of supplemental discipline ...

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid has been suspended three games for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland in the head. Late in the Canucks' 3-2 win over the Oilers on ...