Oilers rally past Sabres for third straight win

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueLeon Draisaitl makes a nifty backhand pass to Darnell Nurse inside the circle, where he hammers a shot into the twine to tie the game at 3BUFFALO -- The Edmonton Oilers scored three straight goals late in the second period to rally for a 4-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Monday.Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse each had a goal and an assist, Zack Kassian and Kyle Brodziak scored, and Connor McDavid had two assists for the Oilers (29-30-7), who have won three in a row and trail the Minnesota Wild by six points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Sabres highlights] Jack Eichel had two goals, and Casey Mittelstadt scored for the Sabres (30-28-8), who have lost eight of 10 (2-7-1) and remain nine points back of the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference."You've got to play a full 60 minutes. We're getting a lot of that now and we've just got to stay with it."Video: EDM@BUF: Eichel rips home his second goal on the rushThe Sabres had opportunities to tie it, including a Jeff Skinner chance to right of the crease that hit the post and Jason Pominville on the other side, who whiffed on a shot into an open net with less than four minutes remaining in regulation."It was clearly going in and just kind of double-touched it on my way back," Pominville said.